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steamers, its sands crowded with a joyous company, 

 riding, driving, walking or bathing ; all these features 

 combine to make the place exceedingly attractive. 



On alighting from the train on the outskirts of the 

 town I was particularly struck with the commanding 

 appearance of Oliver's Mount (wrongly, it is said, con- 

 nected with Old Ironsides.) It rises six hundred feet 

 above the level of the sea. Leaving aside for lack of 

 time the saline and mineral springs, celebrated as far 

 back as 1620, I hastened to pay my respects to the 

 hoary ruins of its grim old fortres — Scarborough Castle. 

 The Romans once occupied the lofty promontory where 

 the castle was subsequently built by the Earl of Albe- 

 marle in the year 1136. The castle was taken in 1312. 

 It had been repeatedly besieged in 1536. " When the 

 rebellion broke out, it was held for the King by Sir 

 Hugh Cholmeley. In February, 1644, the town was 

 stormed by the Parliamentary forces under Sir John 

 Meldrum, but the fortress held out, and only capitul- 

 ated after a most gallant defence with all the honors of 

 war. Many of Sir Hugh's officers and soldiers were in 

 so weak a condition that they had to be brought out in 

 sheets ; others were helped out between two men ; and 

 all of them were unable to march. Lady Cholmeley 

 was with her husband during the siege, and greatly 

 assisted in the defence, nursing, tending and feeding 

 the sick and dressing the wounds of the wounded. So 

 impressed were the Parliamentary leaders with the 

 importance of the position, that they ordered a day of 

 thanksgiving for the capitulation of the fortress. In 

 1648, it had to undergo a second siege." This rare 

 little bit of history, disclosing the Florence Nightingale 

 of the period, Lady Cholmeley, as a heroine, I mention 

 for the especial information of my lady hearers. It 

 gave me much more interest in the venerable, storm- 

 beaten fort, than the information which my guide 

 imparted, viz: that " in 1666, George Fox, the founder 

 of the Society of Friends, was confined here." 



