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ible energy and 

 infernal turmoil. 

 The rocky coast 

 receives the impact 

 of the thundering 

 waves defiantly, 

 shattering them ai 

 churning them 

 to foam. There 

 is a wild roaring and 

 raging, thundering and shriek- 

 ing, which makes one wish 

 to stop one's ears; and terrific 

 one shrinks into a recess of tl 

 wall to avoid being carried away by 

 the furious waves. 



The sight of a storm 

 elates me, for it seems as 

 though Nature were inspired. 

 At such times the thoughts and 

 feelings of ex'er^' da\' life vanish 

 and I seem to be removed be\'ontl 

 the realiTis of reality. 



CHAPTER II. 



Yonder watch-tower still stand- 

 ing on the shore at Nervi reminds us that security 

 has not always reigned upon this coast. Even at the 

 beginning of last century, serious dangers threatened the 

 traveller. PetitRadel, "Chirurgienmajor du roi", travelled 



