An Up-River Ramble. 143 



said. Description, if detailed, is nauseating ; and 

 to be worthily comprehensive who shall dare? 

 Contemplating a landscape, one naturally drifts 

 towards comparisons, but avoid them sedulously. 

 My companions, to my sorrow, were not like- 

 minded. A fair pedagogue suggested crazy patch- 

 work ! Miles of magnificent valley compared to a 

 bedquilt ! And this, too, from one who is writing 

 a novel. Her words were the one cloud that 

 dimmed the glorious sunshine of a perfect day. 



