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

Of that steep hill, the roofs of russet thatch

Rise mix'd with trees, above whose swelling tops

Ascends the tall church-tower, and loftier still

The hill's extended ridge, crown'd with yellow corn—

While slow beneath the bank, the silver stream

Glides by the flowery isles and willow groves."

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NEWPORT.

To form an idea merely of the Town, it will be sufficient for a stranger to pace two or three of the principal streets—the High-st. of course from one end to the other; he will then see the TOWN-HALL: the old Parish-church, situated in the Corn-market; the public Library in the Beast-market; and the ancient Grammar-school. The most inviting short walks are over Montjoy's to Carisbrooke—to the top of Pan Down—and to Hurststake, on the banks of the River, at high tide.