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From these airy heights, of Castle Cliff, I descended 

 leisurely, musing on what my newly-discovered heroine, 

 Lady Cholmeley, might be like, occasionally gazing 

 seaward, where huge ships were tossing like cockle 

 shells on the troubled bosom of the German Ocean ; I 

 walked across the stone bridge, which replaced the 

 draw-bridge of the castel, removed in 1826, and was 

 soon confortably seated in the ample hall of the leading 

 hostelry. This costly structure, also known as the 

 Grand Hotel, the sea front of which is ten stories high, 

 is reputed one of the largest hotels in England ; 'tis 

 certainly very roomy, elegant and picturesquely located. 



In connection with the Bill of fare of these sumptuous 

 hotels, there is one feature at which Brillat-Savarin 

 would fall in ecstacies ; that is the fish course : fried 

 soles, delicate, tiny shrimps, exquisite white-bait, 

 luscious Lockfyne herrings and such turbot ! I found 

 I knew not wnat a good herring was until, I feasted on 

 a fat one, fresh from the heather-scented locks of old 

 Scotia. 



No wonder a successful Londoner longs to grasp the 

 envied position of an Alderman, so that his turbot exis- 

 tence may commence ; the whole thing was made clear 

 to me. 



There is less glitter in the large hotels beyond the 

 sea, than in those on our side, perhaps more comfort; 

 no where did I see anything to came up for splendor 

 with our " Windsor. " 



The most popular places of amusement at Scarbo- 

 rough are the Spa, The Aquarium, the Museum. The 

 new Spa comprises a range of buildings opened, in 1880 

 by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London — 

 the Lord Mayor of York and the Mayor of Scarborough. 

 It includes a vast hall capable of seating 3,000 persons, 

 a spacious promenade, a pretty theatre, a restaurant, 

 billiard, reading and reception rooms. The Spa is the 

 centre of fashionable life in the " season" which here 

 closes earlier than at Brighton ; the variety and briL 



