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SPECIMENS OF PICTORIAL ART. 
tain, with the rosy clouds of sunset floating around 
its base. A wondeiful observatory, su])ported by 
vertical slender piles, is perched on the very apex of 
a lofty sugar-loaf hill. A covered staircase reaches 
to the aerial house, by which the almost per- 
pendicular sides of the mountain peak can be 
ascended. Here a long and narrow bridge seems 
to cross an arm of the sea, and there are many 
other drawings dej^icting the natural appearance of 
the country; a wild cavern-scene, for instance, of 
rugged rocks and foaming water a representation 
of some gigantic conifer, cedar, or fir tree, the 
girth of which a party at the base are endeavour- 
ing to measure by joining hands. " In one picture, 
a group of excited beings is seen struggling with 
the strings of a gigantic kite, on which a fearful 
dragon is painted, while clouds of coloured paper 
descend from it. In a drawing which represents 
several enormous fir-trees, very ancient and con- 
torted, men with burdens on their backs are seen 
passing under the arching roots which rise above 
the surface of the ground, to indicate their huge 
