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of mist — White horizons — The mist veil and color- 

 beauty — Lunar rainbows — Summer nights on the ^Egean 

 — Fogs at sea — Black fog — Fog effects — Icebergs and 

 their color — Forms of bergs — Polar ice-fields— Snow at 

 sea— Falling rain— Driving rain — Water spouts — Spouts, 

 how formed — Evening light after rain — Land in sight 

 — Appearance of land — Approach to the shore — Lagoon 

 islands — Pacific islands — Coral groups — Romance of 

 the South Sea islands — Concerning happiness 95 



Chapter VL The Wind's Will— The disturbing 

 winds — Skin of water drops — Covering of sea-surface — 

 Stretching and breaking of covering — Ruffled seas — Sea 

 before storm — Choppy sea — White caps — How they 

 break — White caps to the swimmer — Waves with a half 

 gale — Storm waves — Cyclones and thunder storms at 

 sea — The " northeaster " — Spume and water dust — 

 Flying scud — Stormy seas from the cross-trees — Color 

 of stormy sea — Forms of waves — Grace of waves — 

 "Waves mountain high" — Wave heights — Wind in 

 English Channel — Along coast of Holland — Night 

 with storm on North Sea^Drive of the wind — Storm 

 in the Roaring Forties — "Gray-back" waves — Sailing 

 vessels in heavy seas — Plunge of the ocean-liner — A 

 great storm on the New England coast — How it begins 

 — Rain, wind and rising surge — ^The great seas — The 

 white-ridged ocean — Sea-gray coloring — Lighthouse 

 and bell-buoy — The pound of waves — The subsidence — 

 Wrecks and wreckers— The victim — Flotsam of the 

 wave — A sea horror — Tragedies of the sea 119 



Chapter VIL The Wave's Tooth.— Sea, barriers— 

 The cliff wall— The blow of the wave on the cliff— Foun- 

 dation-walls in deep water— The shelving shore — 



