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AI'I'ENDi: 



fi 'flies iiinl lain Iscaj H's wliicli giailiuilly iiiitolded tliemst-lve? to 

 our dcliglited xisioii as ven-y gliiii])ses of fairv-lainl ; but tliere 



wcri' grauik'i- to coun'. Eaily next iiioniiiig we were on deck, 

 and wonls cannut desrriln' the gl(ji-i()Us sight ]ireseuted. Before 

 iH was the Bay of IsUuids i-ohcd in all tlie magic colouring of an 

 early snniinei- inoining— a \ista of mountains capi)ed with snow, 

 fantastic peaks, ditf on clitf rising .sheer from 2,000 to 2,500 

 feet, great chasms hetweeii columns of rocks wliicli looked like 

 the walls of some vast temple. From some of the precipices 

 waterlalls, formed hy tlie melting snow away up, tumliled in 

 i'liaming beauty down the steep.'' 



