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TUK NORTTfEFvX FORESTS. 



[Part IX. 



CHAr. Y. 



TRIXCO^rALTR. — THE EBONY FORESTS. THE GREAT TANK 



OF PADIYIL. — CROCODILES. 



The Bay of Trincoiiialie presents to the eye a scene of 

 singular beauty. Landlocked, and still as an inland 

 lake, its broad expanse of waters, its numerous beautiful 

 islands, and its rocky headlands, together with the 



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THE HARBOOil OF 'XBiNCOMALlii iKOM FOKT OSTSNBDKG 



woody acclivities in its vicinity, and the towerin<j: 

 mountains in the distance, combine to form an oriental 

 Windermere.^ 



' The position ;ind beauty of the 

 Bay of Tiinconialie, tlie overlian^ing 

 rocks at its enti\ince, the stillness of 

 the expanse within, and the luxu- 

 riance of tlie wooded acclivities snr- 

 romiding all, for<-ibly recall "S'iroil's 

 iniatiinarv description of tlie liavbour 

 of C'arthaire — 



Est in secessu longo locus : in<iila portuin 

 Elficil objectu Utpnim quibiis oiniiis ah alto 

 Fiaiigitiir inque sinus scinilit sese unda 



ifiluctos. 

 nine atqiie liinc va-tae rupes geminique ml- 



naiitur 

 In ccelu n fcopiili ; qnnnim sub verticelate 

 -Equora tuta silent: — tiiin syliis Scena ro- 



ruscis. 

 Deiuper hoiientiqiie atruni nenuis imminci 



umbra. 



.i;NF.ll), lib. i. lG."i, etc. 



