The Great Divide

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Early in summer, armies of open-mouthed expectant human sharks, dog-fish, and skate (i know many men. Bearing a strong resemblance to the latter fish) lie waiting for the shoals of tourists to approach their coasts. What a rush there is at them! How the Victims vainly dash from side to side, protesting that they don't want a guide here, and don't care about going there; swearing that there is no enjoyment to be found in seeing a half-naked Arab skip down one pyramid and bound up another with incon ceivable rapidity; objecting Violently to rowing up the Middle Lake in a rain-storm expostulating that they have no desire to ascend Snowdon in a fog I But it is of no use. The desire to squeeze is a law of nature among innkeepers and lovers, and must be obeyed; and in the autumn the shoals retire bedraggled, bewildered, be devilled, robbed, pillaged, and sent empty away. Many a poor man, balancing his accounts after his hard-earned annual holiday, must truthfully say, I was a tourist and ye took me in.'

Early in summer, armies of open-mouthed expectant human sharks, dog-fish, and skate (i know many men. Bearing a strong resemblance to the latter fish) lie waiting for the shoals of tourists to approach their coasts. What a rush there is at them! How the Victims vainly dash from side to side, protesting that they don't want a guide here, and don't care about going there; swearing that there is no enjoyment to be found in seeing a half-naked Arab skip down one pyramid and bound up another with incon ceivable rapidity; objecting Violently to rowing up the Middle Lake in a rain-storm expostulating that they have no desire to ascend Snowdon in a fog I But it is of no use. The desire to squeeze is a law of nature among innkeepers and lovers, and must be obeyed; and in the autumn the shoals retire bedraggled, bewildered, be devilled, robbed, pillaged, and sent empty away. Many a poor man, balancing his accounts after his hard-earned annual holiday, must truthfully say, I was a tourist and ye took me in.'