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NATURE FOR ITS OWN SAKE 
Waves of 
Sire. 
Sky effects 
at sea. 
more gorgeous coloring, running at times 
through almost every note of the scale, is seen 
at twilight in the short, lapping waves off the 
western coast of Scotland. The Mediterranean 
about Spain and Algiers, the Adriatic at Ven- 
ice, the seas of the Southern Pacific are won- 
derful in their color harmony, but in inten- 
sity of hue they seem less positive than at the 
North. 
Dawns and sunsets far out on the open water 
are seldom so varied or so gorgeous as near or 
over the land. The air at sea is less charged 
with dust than moisture, and ruddiness of col- 
oring is not perhaps so possible of attainment. 
Occasionally, however, in the summer months 
there is a sharp display of colors as the sun 
comes up or goes down over the water-line. I 
find in one of my note-books the following 
memoranda : 
“July 11. Gulf Stream: The sunset colors are deep- 
orange, pink, and yellow, with greenish hues in the sky 
spaces; a fog-bank just beneath the sun is lilac-hued, 
turning to purple. The smooth water resplendent like a 
gold floor; far up the zenith the wispy cirrus clouds are 
shining like snow against the blue.” 
“July 14. Bright yellow sunset, light from the blue 
not very clear, yellow sun-shafts. The sun is barred 
with dark purple clouds, In the east, north, and south 
pale tints of lilac, pearl-gray, and pink,” 
