The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . n toiled,suffered, sickened and died in the vain search for the wonderfulwaters of immortality. It is indeed fortunate for the world, con-sidering the infamous character of many of those Spanish adven-turers, that this pleasing dream had no basis of faot upon whichto rest. It has not been considered very strange, in an age which teemedwith marvels of fact which tax transcended in interest, noveltyand importance, the wildest conceptions of the imagination, thatmen of intelligence implicitly believed in the existence of A bright floral isle,Th
The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . n toiled,suffered, sickened and died in the vain search for the wonderfulwaters of immortality. It is indeed fortunate for the world, con-sidering the infamous character of many of those Spanish adven-turers, that this pleasing dream had no basis of faot upon whichto rest. It has not been considered very strange, in an age which teemedwith marvels of fact which tax transcended in interest, noveltyand importance, the wildest conceptions of the imagination, thatmen of intelligence implicitly believed in the existence of A bright floral isle,The jewel of a smooth and silver sea, With springs iu which perennial summers smile,A power of causing immortality; and that some were willing to risk their money and their lives inefforts to discover it. But the thread of life upon which thesedreamers were suspended, continued to weaken as it shortened,and they soon found, as a practical fact, that the rejuvenatingspring is situated upon the other side of the dark tuibrd watersof the river of II
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