Some years ago it was customary for the then limited number of Post-masters to adopt a regular three-days' Tour of the island, dividing it into the North-eastern, the Southern, and the North-western; differing but very little except as to the order of the days' excursion. Not so now—for a hundred plans would hardly describe all "the Tours" recommended by the different inn-keepers and numerous other letters-out of vehicles for pleasure-parties; to say nothing of the wide difference between the visitors themselves, as regards the Time allowed.—We have anticipated, we hope, every question on the subject, by the arrangement in the preceding pages: but still it may be satisfactory to some of our readers, to see the most generally adopted Routes. The reader will perceive that Appuldurcombe is frequently left as the object of a separate day's trip.
CONTINUED TOUR FROM RYDE.
| FIRST DAY | (Second day continued.) | MILES. | ||
| MILES. | Brixton, | 2 | ||
| St. John's: St. Clare, &c., | 1 | Mottistone, | 2 | |
| The Priory, | 2 | Brooke, | 1 | |
| St. Helen's Green, | 1 | Freshwater-gate, | 4 | |
| Bembridge (crossing ferry), | 1 | Needles Light-house, | 3½ | |
| Yaverland, | 3½ | Alum Bay, | 1 | |
| Sandown Fort and Village, | 1½ | Sleep at Fr. gate or A. Bay. | —— | |
| Shanklin Chine and Village, | 3 | 20 | ||
| Luccombe Chine, | 1½ | THIRD DAY | ||
| East End, | 0½ | Yarmouth, | 6 | |
| Bonchurch—Ventnor, | 2 | Calbourne and Westover, | 6 | |
| Steephill Castle, | 1 | Swainston, | 1½ | |
| St. Lawrence, | 1 | Carisbrooke Village, | 3 | |
| Niton, | 2½ | Newport, | 1 | |
| Sleep here, or at Blackgang. | —— | Parkhurst Prison, | 1 | |
| 23½ | West Cowes, | 4 | ||
| SECOND DAY | East Cowes (crossing ferry), | 0½ | ||
| St. Catharine's Light-house, | 0½ | Whippingham Church, | 2 | |
| Sandrock Spring, | 0½ | Wootton-bridge, | 3 | |
| Blackgang Chine, | 0½ | Quarr Abbey, | 1 | |
| Chale, | 0½ | Ryde, | 2½ | |
| Kingston, | 2½ | —— | ||
| Shorwell and Northcourt, | 2 | 31½ | ||
Tour from Ryde, in which Parties sleep but one Night in the Country.
First Day: St. Helen's 4 miles, Bembridge 1, Yaverland and Sandown 5, Shanklin 3, Luccombe and East End 2, Bonchurch and Ventnor 2, Wroxall 2, Newchurch 4, Ryde 6—total 29 miles, or by Brading 26.
Second Day: Wootton 3½, Arreton 4, Godshill and Appuldurcombe 5, Steephill 3, St. Lawrence 1, Niton 2½, Arreton 7, Wootton 4, Ryde 3½—total 33½ miles.
Third Day: Through Wootton to Newport 7, Carisbrooke 1, Shorwell 4, Brixton 2, Mottistone 2, Brooke 1, Freshwater-gate 4, Needles-point 3½, Alum Bay 1,—total 25½ miles. Sleep at Fr. gate or Alum Bay.—Fourth Day: Yarmouth 6, Shalfleet 4, Barracks, &c. 5½, West Cowes, 4, East Cowes 0½, Whippingham 2, Wootton 3, Ryde 3½—total 28½ miles.