38 DEL AGO A BAY. 



sun rapidly peeping over the brow of the hill, 

 making its warmth felt almost as rapidly, and 

 lighting up the tiny cloudlets with soft pearly 

 tints which are even more beautiful in my eyes 

 than the generally more pronounced colours of 

 a sunset. 



One morning was especially beautiful and 

 strange, for in the west I saw the pale full- 

 moon just setting, and in the east the glorious 

 sun rising, both seeming to be the same distance 

 from the horizon when I first noticed them, 

 and I could not help wishing I had eyes in 

 the back of my head, that I might fully enjoy 

 both. 



Some mornings, however, nothing is to be 

 seen but a dense white mist which completely 

 shuts out every object from view, even hiding 

 my back kitchen, situated about twenty feet 

 from the house. As a rule the mist disperses 

 within an hour of sunrise, presenting a very 

 pretty appearance as it slowly lifts and drifts 

 away, gradually disclosing landscape, town, and 

 shipping, forming itself into clouds of many an 



