. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 262 CLIMATE. Ipii tious. The sky is of the l)luest; the water a lovely emerald-green, revealing in its depths wonderful corals, sponges, shells, and sea-weeds, with many kinds of brilliantly mnrked fish swimming alxiut their rocky home. Overhead the snow-white " boatswain " birds circle round, the delicate tints of the water being; retlectod on their breasts. For several months in the year the climate is most agreeable — a fresh sea - breeze blows througli the
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. 262 CLIMATE. Ipii tious. The sky is of the l)luest; the water a lovely emerald-green, revealing in its depths wonderful corals, sponges, shells, and sea-weeds, with many kinds of brilliantly mnrked fish swimming alxiut their rocky home. Overhead the snow-white " boatswain " birds circle round, the delicate tints of the water being; retlectod on their breasts. For several months in the year the climate is most agreeable — a fresh sea - breeze blows througli the day; and a more enjoyable expedi- tion can hardly be imagined than a tri]) over to Hamilton, the caves of AValshingham, or Har- rington Sound, in one of the celebrated 'Mudian boats. These boats are uneipialled in their own waters at beating to windward, but their modul is defective. They are no good off the wind, as they would soon run themselves under water, and, being heavily ballasted, would go down like a stone. JMoreover, in a sea - way thoy would pitch their mast over the bows, and from their blutf entrance would iu3t hold their own against any of our crack yachts, of their own tonnage, either on or off the wind. They are, however, most pictures(pie and handy, and aiv ii^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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