London at the End of the Century:A Book of Gossip
a Beckett, Arthur William
1900
THE CURSE OF THE CHANNEL.
On a bright sunshiny day there is nothing more charming than a run over from Folkestone to Boulogne, or from to . Those who haunt the departure stages of the two southern watering-places, will observe many a familiar face on the boat that leaves the Admiralty Pier at 1 p.m. and returns at 5.15. This vessel is particularly favoured by the Bar during the vacation, and one popular Recorder whose silk gown was constantly worn at the C. C. C. in leading Treasury prosecutions, is frequently seen pacing its quarter-deck. But when the winds begin to blow, and the waves to rise, life on board a Channel steamship becomes less tolerable. | |
289 | There are any number of remedies for , but none absolutely and invariably reliable. It is a wise precaution to seat oneself amidships-just in rear of the funnels and exactly between the paddle boxes. Fresh air is very desirable, but sometimes it has to be bought at the cost of a drenching. A glass of champagne before starting or a lemon squash have both their admirers, and I have been credibly informed that chloral taken under doctor's advice is serviceable. But when I hear remedies for sea-sickness considered, I always think of that wonderful series of pictures by Leech that amused our fathers years ago. The cuts showed how a man should take a hearty meal before leaving the shore, and then stand firmly in the centre of the steamer with his eyes fixed upon a distant object, and accommodating his body to the movements of the vessel. was the legend of a final sketch showing the poor traveller in a condition of comic collapse. |