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" The gentleness of Heaven ia on the sea. 

 Listen ! tlie mighty being is awake ; 

 And doth with his eternal motion make, 

 A sound like thunder — everlastingly." 



But the sunrise ! Those who have never seen a sunrise at 

 sea, have reserved for them a glorious sight. This morning 

 the sun rose in all his grandeur from out the wilderness of 

 waters ; so placid and tranquil was the scene, I was involun- 

 tarily struck by its contrast with the fearful heavy swell roll- 

 ing in over the shoal water between the Quoin and Cannonier's 

 Point, breaking ou the shore with a booming roar, threatening 

 destruction to any craft that ventured near it, and warning us 

 to bear away, and keep a good distance from the land, 



Eor the first time on this coast I saw a little stormy Petrel 

 Thalassidroma Melanogastra. One solitary bird was following 

 our wake, swiftly and gracefully sweeping over the waves. 

 This interesting creature is aptly reverenced by seamen ; for 

 diminutive as it is, it braves the fiercest storms, and " skims 

 o'er ocean's angriest flood." 



At noon we arrived at our destination, on the S.E. of Eound 

 Island, and made preparations to disembark. 



I at once saw that what had been told me of the difficulty 

 of landing was no exaggeration. Luckily our fisherman crew 

 made their arrangements skilfully. The boat was allowed to 

 drift within a few feet of the table rock our landing place, 

 against which the waves were breaking. 



At this stage we had to wait, and watch for an opportunity 

 for one of our crew to jump ashore with a rope so that the 

 boat might be kept bow on and steady. "When this was effect- 

 ed the rope was securely fastened to iron rings placed there 

 years ago by Mr Yaudermeersch ; and then our provisions, 

 water &c., were passed on shore. 



When everything was safely landed, each one watched for 

 the moment when the boat rose, and sprung on the rock with 

 a bound that made every nerve quiver ; and it needed a sure 

 foot and steady eye, to alight firmly on the slippery stone. 



If our little craft which rose and fell some 10 or 1 2 feet had 

 struck her bows on the precipitous ledge, she would have been 



