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look at it in bold relief against the sky, into so perfect 

 a resemblance to the features of a man, that one can 

 scarcely believe that it has not been touched by an 

 artist's chisel. The features are bold and masculine, 

 the nose sharply aquiline, the mouth compressed with 

 a determined expression, the forehead projecting, the 

 chin a little double, the neck muscular and swell- 

 ing; the head is covered with a low round skull- 

 cap, furnished with a projecting peak in front: it 

 requires, indeed, no stretch of fancy to imagine we 

 see in it the portrait of one of those warlike Knights 

 of the Temple, to whom the island at one period 

 belonged. 



We noticed here a curious phenomenon, with which 

 our prolonged stay on the island made us sufficiently 

 familiar afterwards. On looking back to the south- 

 ward, we perceived everything distinct and palpable, 

 except the lighthouse, the summit of which was en- 

 veloped in a semi-transparent haze, that streamed off 

 some distance to leeward like a white veil. We were 

 informed that it is a common thing for the fog to lie 

 on the heights of the island, while the sides, the 

 beach, and the sea, are perfectly free from cloud : 

 hence the elevated parts are generally moist ; and 

 thus, doubtless, those springs are fed which issue 

 from these lofty moors and trickle down on either 

 side. 



Farther on, still keeping along the inner or eastern 

 side, a romantic glen opens, very boggy, and therefore 

 difficult to be explored. By means of the tufts of a 



