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pect, nothing can be imagined more strik- 

 ingly magnificent than the extensive view 

 of the sea and neighbouring coast. On a 

 clear day, you have an extent of horizon 

 to nearly twenty- two leagues, whilst be- 

 neath are Cape Blanco, the village of Mai- 

 quetia. La Guayra, and the vessels in the 

 roadstead. But when the sky is not serene, 

 the view is infinitely more remarkable, and 

 accumulated clouds, strongly illumined on 

 their upper surface, seem like floating 

 islands of light on the surface of the ocean. 

 Impending at various heights are column^ 

 of vapour between the eye of the traveller 

 and the regions below, which magnify the 

 objects, and increase the wonder of the 

 scene. Habitations and trees are, at in- 

 tervals, visible through the spaces left by 

 the clouds and vapours, which, urged by 

 the wind, are perpetually changing forms 

 and situation. Objects then seem deeper 



