. Rambles of a Canadian naturalist. Natural history; Natural history. There is a fascination in the rage of the elements : the wild roar of the winds, varying with savage persistence ; the hoarse churning of broken ice against white, stolid barriers on the shore, and the high, tumultuous waves, with torn wreaths of foam, coming out of the opacity of the driving snow and spending their massive strength under the long, undulating stretches of imprisoned ice. The expected roar of the driving waves on the shallow slopes of yielding sand is hushed under the long, slow rise and fall of this crowded,
. Rambles of a Canadian naturalist. Natural history; Natural history. There is a fascination in the rage of the elements : the wild roar of the winds, varying with savage persistence ; the hoarse churning of broken ice against white, stolid barriers on the shore, and the high, tumultuous waves, with torn wreaths of foam, coming out of the opacity of the driving snow and spending their massive strength under the long, undulating stretches of imprisoned ice. The expected roar of the driving waves on the shallow slopes of yielding sand is hushed under the long, slow rise and fall of this crowded, floating load that seems a strategic defence for the fantastic and solid ice barriers that Hne the shore. Against the near horizon, blurred by the flying needles of snow, wave after wave rises in magnificent strength, shaking its mane of foam loose to the impatient storm, and rushing with mastering violence on the long defences. But out at the margin the floating ice rises high to meet every attack, and the force is slowly spent in a long, diminishing undulation reaching toward the shallows, 233. 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 Wood, Samuel Thomas, 1860-1917; Holmes, Robert, ill. London [etc. ] J. M. Dent & Sons
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