62 STUDIES OF NATURE 



CHAPTEE VII 



Suddeine they see from midst of all the Maine 



The surging waters like a mountaine rise, 



And the great sea, puft up with proud disdaine, 



To swell above the measure of his guise, 



As threatning to devoure all that his powre despise. 



EDMUND SPENSER, The Faerie Queene. 



COEEIE : Wednesday, August, 13. 



* AFTER our long walk of yesterday, undertaken 

 with cheerfulness and borne with fortitude, may 

 we not indulge ourselves with a sail round the 

 island ? The steamer goes to-morrow.' This 

 was said last night, and we were thinking then 

 of a fair-weather cruise on a summer sea, such 

 as we had once enjoyed before. We imagined 

 ourselves basking on deck in a hot sun, or, if we 

 chose, sheltered under a canvas awning ; we saw 

 the hills clear of cloud, or with only a little 



