PORT ARTHUR
Port Arthur is the most dramatic spot away from Europe: nothing that Nature can do, or history suggest of grandeur is lacking in this stupendous panorama!
Hills which have been swept bare by shot and shell are still bare and will be as the palm of the hand, to denote what has passed over them!
A huge fortress-like eminence suggesting Gibraltar, stands out like the champion of the army before the series of forts which lie behind it.
There are two bays, “Pigeon Bay” and “Kerr Bay,” which have dimpled waters of sparkling blue and admit ships on both sides of this gigantic promontory.
As you leave the station, you find yourself facing a long stretch of unkempt ground, over which the new town is being erected inland.
Further behind lie the cliffs, rising one within another, with a series of natural fortifications, one of which has begun its immortal fame, “203 Metres Hill.”