94 BEACH GRASS 



the surface of the ice is smooth, but they thickly 

 beset the rough ice. As they build up they form 

 rosettes, if the air is calm, shuttlecocks if there 

 be a wind. The apex of the shuttlecock points 

 down wind, the feathery crystals extending fan- 

 shaped towards it. These rosettes and shuttle- 

 cocks of feathery crystals of ice are of great 

 beauty and scintillate in the bright sunlight. 

 They are winter flowers, lovely in form and 

 coloration. The icicles hanging from the stranded 

 ice cakes and from the roofs of the grottos carved 

 in the sea-wall are furred around with these deli- 

 cate snowy crystals. The sea beach is interest- 

 ing and beautiful at all seasons, and not least 

 in winter. 



