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clothing had contributed to the comfort of many 

 individuals I can entertain no doubt. Tn our 

 walk, I attempted to obtain from our guides 

 their reason for not more actively serving their 

 country at such a moment; but they were 

 silent, and indisposed to the discussion of the 

 question, or to give any reason for their pre- 

 ference of potatoes, and aversion from work. 

 There surely must be some cause in operation, 

 which disinclined these young men from enter- 

 ing the army, where their comforts would have, 

 been much advanced. 



The first object of curiosity to which travellers 

 are conducted is Port Corn. The access to it 

 is somewhat difficult ; the sight of it, however, 

 amply compensates the trouble of descending 

 the cliffs, and scrambling over the rocks. For 

 a short distance, the opening that leads to the 

 head of the cavern, which is said to be two 

 hundred and forty yards in length, is low and 

 narrow ; but the entrance into it resembles a 

 magnificent Saxon arch, sixty or seventy feet in 

 height, and somewhat more in breadth. The 

 cavern becomes narrower at the further extrem- 

 ity. Nearly about the centre, a rock, resting 

 on the bottom, occupies about one half of the 

 breadth. 



The wind blowing strong and directly on the, 



