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which on clear days could he seen fi-om the tops of 

 the hi,n-her hills— a hazy dot in the sea.. Imagination 

 pco[)led the view with Cartier, Andiilion, and his 

 successors, and I could scarcely belie\e that the 

 scene of the wonders they had described was acta- 



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ally on my horizon. But, although only twenty 

 miles away. Bird Rock now seemed more distant 

 than Ijcfoi'e we had taken the first stc^p of our jour- 

 ney. This in a measure is due to the uncertainty of 

 gulf weather, the strong tides, the sudden and severe 



