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across the sea, and gentle breezes and 

 soft tropical airs breathed gently there, 

 and brought with them a suggestion of 

 southern birds and dowers. 



In the winter one could well imagine 

 one's self exploring the poles so far as 

 scenic effects are concerned, yet here 

 one is protected from cold winds and 

 wintery gales by the precipitous, fort- 

 ress-like rocks that jut into the Sound. 

 A winter home in such surroundings 

 suggests, in the warm and sunny days, 

 a conservatory against the southern 

 side of some great edifice. On the 

 beach, even in the coldest days, when 

 the sun shines on the southern expos- 



only to file's sensitiveness t wan 

 or cold. The panorama as spread be- 

 fore the eyes and viewed through the 



camera lens, was that of a winter scene 

 in Labrador where huge ice does strug- 

 gled together to pack themselves clos- 

 er and closer, and to rear higher their 

 gigantic castles. 



It would, indeed, be greatly regret- 

 table if such attractive midwinter 

 scenes should be neglected by the oc- 

 cupants of this country home, and the 

 place abandoned for the season, as are 

 so many country estates. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Langeloth visit their home every Satur- 

 dav and Sundav, even in the coldest 



"EXPLORING THE POLES" IN ACRES OF HUGE CAKES OF ICE. 



ure of these rocky banks, there are a 

 calmness and a balminess in the air that 

 make it delightfully comfortable and 

 alluring. I recall vividly and happily 

 the surprising experience in using a 

 camera on the beach at about midday 

 of what had been in the forenoon, away 

 from the coast, a frigid winter day, yet 

 here, protected by the hills at the north 

 and the many trees and perhaps more 

 especially by the rocky bluffs along the 

 coast. I seemed to be where the sun 

 had moved northward several degrees. 

 And yet, such an effect presented itself 



('ays, and find its rugged and pictur- 

 esque winter beauties fully equal to the 

 attractions that the summer presents. 

 Indeed, this lover of a nearness to 

 nature is enthusiastic about the pictur- 

 esque way in which acres and acres of 

 ice are packed and heaped in peaks 

 and crags in the bay. Here on this 

 rocky point, in a spot that for beauty 

 can probably not be excelled by any 

 other place in the world, is isolation, 

 real, actual, yet filled with companion- 

 ship. Far toward the east are vistas of 

 other projecting capes, while toward 



