Down North and Up Along 
height, but all more or less softened by time 
and clad in vegetation. 
Only Smoky's stern front remains bare to the 
terrific storms that in vain assail it and that 
cause the waves to beat with frightful but 
unavailing force against its iron base. Filled 
with a sense of its immutability and impressed 
by its stern grandeur, we wound along our 
narrow ledge and down behind the mighty 
headland. 
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