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and covers its surface not merely with the smoke of finely 
divided water, Lut with boiling mist; imagine also the low rain- 
clouds brought down to the very level of the sea, as I have often 
seen them, whirling and flying in rags and fragments from wave 
to wave ; and finally, conceive the surges themselves in their 
utmost pitch of power, velocity, vastness, and madness, lifting 
themselves in precipices and peaks, furrowed with their whirl 
of ascent, through all this chaos ; and you will understand that 
there is indeed no distinction left between the sea and air ; that 
no object, nor horizon, nor any landmark or natural evidence of 
position is left ; that the heaven is all spray, and the ocean all 
cloud, and that you can see no farther in any direction than you 
could see through a cataract. 
Ruskin : “ Modern Painters.” 
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The Naturalist in La Plata. By W. H. Hudson, F.Z.S. Illustrated by J. 
Smit. Fourth Edition. J. M. Dent and Co. Price 5s. 
Frequently within the last few years we have been indebted to Mr. Hudson 
for books giving us the fruit of his observations and reflections upon English 
natural history. Each of these books has recommended itself by a rare combina- 
tion of the qualities of the careful and enthusiastic observer with those of the 
DANCE OF SPUR-WINGED LAPWINGS. 
(From Mr. Hudson’s “The Naturalist in T.a Plata,” by permission of Messrs. 
Dent and Co.). 
