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and vaytness of the sua to the quiet and seclusion 

 of the forest made tlie previoiis hour's experience 

 seem distant and unreal. The wind which had 

 roared through our rigging now breathed peacefully 

 through the tree tops ; the heaving, frothy sea was 

 replaced by stable earth, wondrously carpeted with 

 snow-white cornel and dainty twin-flowers ;'" instead 

 of the harsh cries of the Gannets, we heard the Ave 

 Maria of the White-throated Sparrow. Rarely have 





7'i. rnrnul <"iT lumelilKTry. 



the woods soomed so beautiful. Approaching the 

 eastern clilTs, the treses became dwarfed and singu- 

 larly malformed by the winds. Finally they disap- 

 ])eare(l alt()gether, and were succeeded by fields blue 

 with iris. Never have I seen this plant so abundant. 

 There were aci'es of flowers I'eaching to the very 

 edge of the clifFs, where, with only a chaTige in the 

 tint, the blue of the iris faded into the blue of 

 the sea. 



