“•itli Oft.— jjr. li. vi.sitcd I'oin; 
I’uor iind caleolii.'ifd, i-tc. Adiirc.ss- 
eii the pi'i.sonor.s amiiii ihi.s after¬ 
noon. (ioi hi.-i pocKi i ineKi'd v hile 
at rioltl"ment Sfhool tliis even- 
Inq:.'- 
t'Ucti da.vH are pa.'-t, however, and a.t 
our party reathetl the town.shiii on a 
Rioriou.s atitumn morninR tlie beauty 
of the bay. with its .sotiinR of IJtiitlial. 
trees and 'rasinanian euealyiu.s. far 
oulwtiMhed the tliotiRhts ot the la.sl. 
As a i.a.ae of history tlie settlement 
of I'ort .\rhiir and the tiielliods adopt¬ 
ed are worthy of the deepest stiid.v, 
but as a means of sati.sfyinR a mere¬ 
ly morbid curio.sity as regards the dark 
tells and the other Karly V’ielorlan me- 
Ihods of pri.son di.seipline, stieh .sim- 
.leet.s are best left jtlone. Hal Iter let 
one's mind dwell upon the natural 
beauty ot the hay, with the relleetions 
of the trintrinR’ trees mirrored in it.s 
Idaeiti .surface and ttloncr the shore the 
siRii.s of the tire.sent era as 'hey dis¬ 
place those of the past. 'I’irne .aided 
by tire, has done mueh to destroy tlie 
l.iiildinRs of the old .seltlement. .Many 
tnive been converted to otiier uses, 
wliilsl in place of the dull tread of the 
"human centipedes" the old eoitli'e- 
slonts of t'hamp-street echo to tht 
honk of motor cars. llelow the tall 
walls of the old penitentiary tcnni.s 
parties are etiRURed in friendly ilvalry. 
whilst out in the ntclaimeo areti near 
the old slipyards the cr.h ket irreund 
calfs its .adherent.s. 
-Vs one looks at the scene which this 
pictiire.sque l>ay pre.sents on this pre¬ 
sent hiister morn one recalls ih«sf 
lines of HriiwinB:, 
"'I'he pa.-t Is m its Kiave, 
Thotish its Rhost still haunts us." 
The days of tlie ot 1 regime arc over. 
althouRh the mysterious Intluence nt 
the old .settlcimenl irrljis one whilst 
within it.s iirecincts. 
Back in camii within the merry .elovv 
of the camp lire jmd tlie wlrelc.s.s iitiid 
.siieaker RlviiiR lorlli items from' .Min- 
hotirne. ttyrlney. or .\delaide at tiie 
operator's will, one's thouRlits camioi. 
Imt dwell uiHiii tlie clitinfies that liavc 
occurred witliin the century. A liun- 
dred years ago tlie .settlement of I’ort 
.\rthur was not even commenced. To¬ 
day it.s founiiutlon and Intluence is a 
matter of history. D'Hara Hooth's ra¬ 
ther wondeiltil .series of .siirnal sli t ions 
have laii.sed into decay, and just as 
the wonder of wireless lias displaced 
the complicated semaphore siRniils of 
old fort .Vrthur, so an cnlishtened te¬ 
nor of iur.jlic oidnion has awakened in 
rcRard to man'.s humanity to man. 
'j'hc followinii di.v as.'iin iiroved tlic 
Rloiy ot our autumn went iter. Tlio 
iicwy morn Rave place to raaiunt siin- 
.sliine. Some memliers set out to visit 
■Mount Arthur, whist a .smaller iiarty 
again vi.site'd the township, others went 
westwa.iM alouR the shores and cliffs, 
whilst a further section visited Half- 
aioon IJay. Tliose who .stayed In tne 
vicinity of the camp spent tlieir time- 
in tlshinR and to .such Rood purpti.se 
that tliere was a [tlentilul .suiiiily of 
fish for breakfast next mornliiR. 
In the viclnty of tlie llcmarkable 
Cave there were t.iRhts that held Hie* 
inlete.st ot the onlookers for hour.m^ 
.Al'iirt from Hie Rioriou.s weather ann 
the Rrandcur of the rocky coastal .sce- 
iieiy there was a heavy Rrotind swell 
lireakihR aloiiR the .simre. and as the 
waves broke aRainst the cliffs and out- 
lytnR rocks they formed an evcr-chanR- 
iiiR scene of tine maRnlliccnee. 
.'.itvancin.R in serried ranks of lilue 
they comlied over on reacliing the 
shore', ttieir tips mei'Red into various 
Ri'ecn lutes, and tlion broke in a smo- 
llie.r of whtc foam. A.s Uie undertow 
tcimmeiiced. and the totirn and spin¬ 
drift IioRan to fall away from the rock.'^, 
Iln’re uiipeareri a whole .series of mo.st 
IiicI III csi|tic w aterfall.s. Such an ever- 
ehaiiRinR .'cime in the romantic .set¬ 
tle seltiiiR In whicli it was enacted 
could not fail to Ri'lp tlie imnRination, 
and llio.sf -vho were privlcged to wit¬ 
ness it from Hie slopes of the hillsnie 
far above were loud in their praises. 
A • 
sitorl di.staneo to 
t ho c.ast 
wa.s 
tii«‘ r 
tlowliolc 
— a narrow 
slit in 
tlic 
rocky 
«roiin(J 
—out of which every 
now 
and airulii Hn 
•re Inirst a 
elotid of 1 
si'iii- 
'Irill 
.so tine 
as to be 
mislaken 
I'or 
0!lKlk< 
at n sh»)rt (Jlstanc-' away. 
Tlii.'? 
WHS ( 
•aiiHCd ))>’ tl»t‘ waves many 
f'CPl 
o‘*low 
roanim tliroiiirh 
Hie subteriw- 
ncHJi 
Itinni'l. 
and Ilni-hiiiR their shore- 
waivl 
career 
in a .swirl 
of waters 
and 
ft'Olll 
in Hie 
conllned I 
space of 
Hit 
linnoy 
I'omlicil 
chamlii I S 
of tlie r 
ocky 
caves 
of 1 lie 
ISIowliolc, 
the limited 
;•!> 'cr: 
t 111 wliicli are in 
marked 
enn- 
liast 
to tlie 
K'Ttiarkable 
Cave. 
Thi.-s 
Uiilcr 
Wonrlej' 
ot’ nattu'e 
is lull an 
im- 
’iien.se liliiwliole. in w'hieli lioth ttic 
liow'l-.slia’ied oiicniiiR and Hie twin liin- 
nel.s Itave been worn out by tlie sea 
to a verv consideralile licRree. i'^o ex- 
ton.sive iias tieen the erosion that at 
low tide and when Hie .sanii has Iteen 
.swi III insiti re it is iiossible to walk 
riRhl throiiiih to ti’c outer heacli. On 
Clio of our iirovious visits the mcm- 
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