The Yarn of Old Harbour Town

THE YARN OF OLD HARBOUR TOWN
W. CLARK RUSSELL AUTHOR OF THE ROMANCE OF A MIDSHIPMAN, ETC., ETC.
SECOND IMPRESSION
Have you ne'er heard the yarn of Old Harbour Town?
She was sweeter than Hinda or Haidèe;
When the hatches were flush with goods, victuals and lush,
The Captain made sail with the lady.
— Old Rhymes, 1835.
LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1905

THE YARN OF OLD HARBOUR TOWN
Old Harbour House stood about a mile from the Harbour. It confronted the town which lay about one mile and a half off, right across a wide, romantic, heavily-wooded ravine. The banks of this gap sloped softly and pleasantly into a plain of meadows and two or three farms whose dyes of roof and cattle enriched the verdure; and down there ran a river singing in measures of music as it flowed into the Harbour and mingled its bright water with the brine of the deep beyond.