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been formed on it in winter is broken up by gales 

 of wind, and is drifted about till it becomes fixed 

 to the shores. 



The great icebergs that are sometimes seen 

 floating on the sea are formed by the accumu- 

 lation of ages on high precipitous shores, and are 

 afterwards broken off by their increasing weight. 



How extraordinary every thing relating to the 

 freezing of the sea is ; and how strange that 

 plants should grow on ice islands. How do they 

 get there, or the earth in which they vegetate ? 



2Sth. There was a sudden change of wind 

 to-day; it drove the sea furiously before it, and 

 the meeting of the new wind with the old waves 

 made them break as high as the ship, and like 

 the surf on a reef of rocks : it was most beautiful, 

 but very terrific indeed. 



. I suppose that such a sudden change 

 of wind is the forerunner of a storm, for last night 

 there was a dreadful one for some hours. Mrs. 

 P - and I were a little frightened ; but the 

 vessel was not in any danger, Captain M 

 says. Towards morning the wind subsided, the 

 raging sea became less boisterous, and she and 

 I read together the service for thanksgiving after 

 a storm. Our hearts, indeed, felt what is ex- 

 pressed there. How beautiful are the psalms 



