Faces and Places

e map of Kent will dis

ast, in the most sou

Dungeness. Lydd has n

I first knew it the n

e, and on the other Ap

a devious road, some

and occasionally brea

ld probably be deligh

was not so damp, and

opportunity for obta

symptoms of the ague.

than Lydd, owing to t

ts of the houses, and

de to avoid anything

treets. The houses clu

o have dropped acciden

rs. They face all ways

th of turning their ba

rom their front door i

hrough which her Maje

sting is done, a serio

thing like an ordinary

rity is a failure, owi

g forth a porch, or b

illars before the par

t of the tracks of the

o, and has just built

geness and Lydd there i

it an arduous underta

without the aid of "

contrivance somewhat

oneness to slip off th

s are not so awkward as

ick wood, four inches

ively fastened for the

pair of "backsters"

ing two miles of rou

and eastern edge of L

on the farthest point,

of it West Bay, and o

f a pole stuck in the

, announces the proxim

nty run up on the shi

equal in extent to

ttys. Reminiscences of

are further favoured

son of the house, who

h a telescope under h

t, honest face. This m

le position of signalm

rent of his life stirr

orizon. Peggotty, his f

hostelry drives a more

he eight men constitu

plemented by such stra

ay bri

e of the Peggotty fami

o, in the dark winter t

, and over three hundre

alive with expectancy

he bodies of the drown

l experience at Dungen

and at any moment th

came, and other theor

cedented circumstanc

e most absolutely irre

d been carried away b

, and for ever lo

tells me, in a quiet,

rd than this. He says

he divers got fairly

They found she lay bro

which she had sunk

f the tide the sand ha

early date commenced

e there by the hundre

e lee

see them," Peggotty ad

r is pretty thick dow

an arm sticking out the

half a body clear of t

could have got them a

d been paid for it. Th

apiece for all they b

money for it, and no o

left them all there,

ing turned out a poor

for bringing up, bein

There were one or two

, but it didn't fetch

e up the job

little change to this

an additional wreck o

The section of an o

lding tacked on at odd

live is as brightly ta

les in which many a f

nt door. One peculia

that, with the wind b

r southward, Mrs. Peg

e opened. As these

erable stretch of p

e visitor approaching

ys out of ten disturb

le look-out window,

ly, beckoning him aw

he direction of

only that he is to go

e regretted, as it lea

marvel, a monument o

ances. It is not a la

small by reason of be

aves of wrecked barrel

m blowing across it.

ble crop of potatoes,

e centre beds, Peggott

ig red tulips on the

ow of the palings. The

handful of soil that

back across the four

-coast from Lydd. That

plied to a man's pred

who like to have a bit

many would gratify the

on their own backs, p

iles of loo

as happened in this li

thstone. Ham is marr

er, understood to res

abin with his mother.

s "managing" as ever--

ith her smooth clean

of a pebble smoothed

he t

h Peggotty that the ol

state with respect to

n here for forty-eight

een so many wrecks tha

indistinguishable mas

l events connected wit

ixed up with the riggin

-loaded brig," that cam

y mixed up with the "

gaze towards the Ness

t as New Romney, Peggot

een at low water, whic

t remember," bring th

his side of the lighth

been lying there for

eres in France," and

the bay, stuck fast i

time." She was load

suspect, from a slig

mentioned the circums

e best cargo which shi

ded with. Indeed, I

ith the recollections

member the name of the

he nature of her cargo

ar fre

her French ship, whic

that the captain mig

dd. Whilst he was asho

rifted down on Ness Po

rew scrambling out on

of wreck over there is

er, coal-laden. She was

too far in, struck wh

wned. Nearer is the Br

which suggests to Peg

here is a good deal of

ast is "the Rooshian w

pecial interest so str

was. It is forty-six

other help being near,

e instrumentality of

a sea running no bo

breaking up, and the

little group on shore

cry for help. Peggott

d delight at the huge

occurred to Peggotty

drowning men. So he si

buffeting the waves ti

d a piece of rope to a

he, leaping overboard

ommunication being thu

was

he school-books for

s, permitting himse

uckle. I could not as

, because last winter

and was totally wrec

only copy of the work

when we returned to th

yellow, much-worn co

f the incident appear

l news o

the remains of a West

the latter disappear

whilst of the former

s not far from this

grief. She met her fa

a tar-loaded vessel, d

egan to burn pitch ba

n, thinking she was on

the ground close by.

rews saved with no

hes they

ungeness eastward, we

timber, sometimes show

a few jagged ribs mar

Each has its name an

ble disaster in which

were built of cardboa

ot always successful

loss of life in this

d Ham. "Here, you see

ets soon after, and t

on the other side the

or them. There was on

l hands were lost. It

stormy night, and ru

ght. We saw her flash

her, but before we co

st singular, never sin

ir, it's a bad spot.

three fine ships all s

big wreck like the N

it, and all the world

many a shipwreck here

f ships get on, and wi

ing said

allin' the heggs and

at the cabin, where a

rt-holes that se

this haunted spot, w

recks, one after the

d spar to remind the