192 



THE SEA. 



the point from the sea, or from the various parts of the shore where we can see this- 

 promontory. But very different is it on a close acquaintance. It is a wilderness of craggy 

 points and huge castellated masses of compact limestone marble, piled one on another in. 





_. 



ON THE SEA- SHORE : CALM AND STORM. 



the most magnificent confusion. We have secured a comfortable berth, where, wedged in 

 between two of these masses, we can without danger lean and look wistfully down upon the 

 very theatre of the elemental war. Is not this a sight worth the toil and trouble and 

 peril of the ascent ? The rock below is fringed with great insular peaks and blocks, bristling 

 up amidst the sea, of various sizes and of the most fantastic and singular forms, which the 

 sea at high water would mostly cover, though now the far-receding tide exposes their horrid 



