. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. stately a manner as partnersin the old-fashioned, courtly dances of years gone by. Of the various bergs I particularly noticed, a few descriptivewords may here be said. The first view of one that attracted myattention looked as if an old castle was before me. The ruins ofa lofty dome about to fall, and a portion of an arched roof alreadytumbling down, were conspicuous. Then, in a short time, thischanged to a picture of an elephant with two large circular tow-ers on his back, and Corinthian spires springing out boldly fromthe broken mountains
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. stately a manner as partnersin the old-fashioned, courtly dances of years gone by. Of the various bergs I particularly noticed, a few descriptivewords may here be said. The first view of one that attracted myattention looked as if an old castle was before me. The ruins ofa lofty dome about to fall, and a portion of an arched roof alreadytumbling down, were conspicuous. Then, in a short time, thischanged to a picture of an elephant with two large circular tow-ers on his back, and Corinthian spires springing out boldly fromthe broken mountains of alabaster on which he had placed hisfeet. The third view, when at a greater distance, made it like alight-house on the top of piled-up rocks, white as the driven took no great stretch of fancy to finish the similitude when thesun to-day, for nearly the first time during a week, burst forth inall its splendor, bathing with its flood of golden fire this toweringiceberg light-house! Another berg I could not help calling the Gothic GOTHIC 1CZJJE&G. The side facing me had a row of complete arches of the trueGothic order, and running its whole length were mouldings,smooth projections of solid ice, rivaling in the beauty of all theirparts any thing I ever saw. The architecture, frieze, and cornice 86 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. of each column supporting the arches above were as chaste andaccurately represented as the most imaginative genius could con-ceive. Here and there I saw matchless perfection displayed inthe curvature of lines about some of its ornamental parts. Spring-ing out from a rude recess, away up in its vast height, I saw adelicate scroll, which was quite in keeping with Hogarths Lineof Beautj-. As I was gazing npon one of the many bergs we passed, itoverturned, and burst into a thousand fragments! Relative to the formation of these icebergs, Sterry—upon whoseauthority alone I mention it, and who is entitled to his own the-ory upon the subject—to
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