IN THE LAND OF NORUMBEGA 1 13 



tIe-wing ducks, known generally as " whis- 

 tlers," were common in the bay, and a tern 

 or two were about. 



On the afternoon of Thursday, the 9thj 

 as I sat on the upper deck of the little 

 steamer Catherine, which threaded her way 

 among the islands as she 

 steamed toward Rockland, I 

 looked back at Pentagoet as 

 it lay under the heavy rain 

 clouds of a northeast storm. 

 It had been raining since the 

 evening previous and the 

 dark clouds had just begun 

 to lighten, when, through a rift, the sun 

 shot down, turning the Island, which a few 

 minutes before had been gray and forbid- 

 ding, into a glory of light and warmth, 

 while the Camden Hills and the other 

 neighboring islands remained the same, 

 leaden and dull. In a few minutes we 

 rounded the breakwater outside of Rock- 

 land Harbor, and Islesborough had passed 

 from view. 



