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BERGS. 
tlieiion, the monnmental Bank of the United States, 
stood out alone. Then, again, some venerable Cathe- 
dral, with its deep vaults and hoary belfries, would 
spread itself across the sky; or perhaps some wild 
combination of architectural impossibilities. 
We moved so slowly that I had time to sketch sev- 
eral of these dreamy fabrics. The one which is en- 
graved on the opposite page was an irregular quad- 
rangle, projected at the extremity of a series of ice- 
structures, like the promontory that ends an isthmus : 
it was crowned with ramparts turreted by fractures : 
and at the water-line a great barreled arch went back 
into a cavern, that might have fabled as the haunt of 
sea-kings or smugglers. Another, much smaller, but 
still of magnificent size, had been excavated by the 
waves into a deep grotto ; and the light reflected from 
the bay against its transparent sides and roofs colored 
them with a blue too superb for imitation by the brush 
or pencil. 
