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Show THE RIVER ORE. IHSJmnt ,, rr .,,p. , , ,rrm In I i. elm, l. Few rl. i 1 :t,,-,me p.i niui llanies, i-i ;, ml i n tu 1 . ; hi ! ttio Sufi .i u u..'. ulni'li. nfii-r ilnaini;! for flV.-. 11 Hi,;. , I,.,,,; ,M , y t. , P-blile b.ilik nr (Irlm.l li. h li. Juina 11, I ' t last in .,ielvy bay. It W- ' K'11" I'fc ' wh.-ie In nild-SHiriilk un ll.'J "Oie." Aln.. Alili buutli It widens Into brn.i.l l.il.. s b.iiindcd by hlll, and la ralli I on u,,. ,,, ti,0 "ur Aide." but by I tins.' uiii, live on It or by It tho Ikin river." At Aldebuigh It ouitht, by nil Hie rules of river behavior, be-havior, In fall Into the sea. hut the broad and swelling flood turns at rittlit miKlos to ItH rourse and flows south n. Mill smith, refining the sea, In-closlng In-closlng a vatt nna of level nnd fertile mnrsbea, and barred from unttlnir with the waves liy the ovcr-in owing shluitlo bank which the tides have hunt up century cen-tury after rintury between It and the main ocean. From the lofty summit of Or ford keep, which lliirtholotnew do lilanvlllo held for Henry II. to gunrd this side entrance to Ms kingdom, th visitor may see today, an the Norman "obiter did when be watched the Flemish Flem-ish nrmy sail up the stream to attack tho Impregnable walls eight centuries iiko. the whole plan of this long-ilrown labyrinth of river, marsh and sea. No one who has climbed lo tho fortriaa top nnd looked over tho land It guarded will derxend without an Increased respect re-spect for the alern and prnctlcal soldiers sol-diers who built Dm tower, and a deslr to mil the broad waters which glitter beneath Its walls. lxindon Spectator. |
