LILY OF THE VALLEY ISLAND. 333 



mospheric haze and low clouds in increasing their 

 apparent alitude ! This nearest islet is one of the 

 Lily of the Valley Islands. You must land on it, 

 for such a spot is not of every-day occurrence. 



AMICUS. I have enjoyed our little island 

 ramble. Never before have I seen the charm- 

 ing flower that gives a name to the islet grow- 

 ing wild, and never I think, before, have I ever 

 seen such a variety of native wood in so small 

 a space and such a variety and profusion of wild 

 flowers. Here is a handful that I have col- 

 lected, the primrose, the blue bell, the lesser 

 celandine, the wood anemone, the ranunculus, 

 and others with which I am not familiar. 



PISCATOK. I regret that the pride of the 

 island, the lily of the valley, is not yet in 

 flower ; had it been, another sense would have 

 been gratified. A charm of this island and the 

 adjoining ones is that they are without en- 

 tangling brakes or marshy swamps, are dry, and 

 everywhere accessible, as if under a kindly in- 

 fluence checking the growth of all that is 

 noxious and offensive, affording shade and 

 shelter without closeness ; a spot, where a 

 Jaques might rest and meditate ; and where, at 



