Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight - The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island. by George Brannon
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XV--St. Lawrence Well, _ib._ XVI--The UNDERCLIFF near Mount Cleeves. 80 XVII--The new LIGHT-HOUSE near Niton, _ib._ XVIII--BLACKGANG CHINE, 84 XIX--FRESHWATER BAY, 92 XX--WATCOMBE BAY, _ib._ XXI--SCRATCHELL'S Bay and the Needle Rocks, 96 CHAPTER I. THE PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OF THE ISLAND AS THE OBJECT OF A SUMMER'S EXCURSION. Variety is the characteristic charm of the Isle of Wight; the scenery being in fact a most happy combination of the grand and romantic, the sylvan and marine--throughout a close interchange of hills and dales, intersected by streams and rivers: combining the quiet of rural life with the fashionable gaiety of a watering-place, or the bustle of a crowded sea-port. But generally, its landscapes are more distinguished |
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