CHAPTER VI 

 CASTLES BY THE SEA 



The rocky forelands Delightful days Colour of the sea Wild-bird 

 life Montgomery's Pelican Island Gulls and daws We envy 

 birds their wings The sense of sublimity Cormorants Ravens 

 and superstition Gurnard's Head A first visit A siesta in a 

 dangerous place The hunter's vision. 



IF " dark Bolerium " seemed best on tempestuous 

 midwinter evenings because of the spirit of the 

 place, the sentiment, it was not so with the 

 numerous other forelands along this rude coast. I 

 haunted them by day, and the finer the weather the 

 better I liked them. It is true that they too have 

 dark associations from which one cannot wholly 

 escape. The huge masses of rock rising high above 

 the cliff on many of these promontories have the 



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