AFTER A GALE. 
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coarse plumage on tlie rocks, the black-tailed gulls 
were sporting over the now tranquil sea, and the 
inland pond, where the water-fowl used to hide, 
was twice its original size, so that the rushes no 
longer concealed the timid widgeon ducks and teal. 
The little streams were swollen into small torrents ; 
the shingle was tossed up upon the grassy plain ; 
the rushes were swept over and torn up by the 
roots ; the outline of the beach even was altered, 
and the force of the wind and the violence of the 
sea were shown by the fact that thousands of large 
mussels in bunches and clusters had been rn’enched 
from their anchorage on the rocks, and were thrown 
up high and dry upon the strand. 
Crossing a narrow promontory, I descended the 
cliffs on the other side, and reached the seaward 
shore. I found myself in a small bay, — high, 
jagged, limestone pinnacles, and huge vertical- 
seamed cliffs, hedging me in and bounding the 
view on either side, while in front was the open 
treacherous main. The first objects I noticed vere 
prodigious masses of tangle, or Laminaria, throvui 
