. Wanderings of a naturalist . hisgreat colony may be seen in the tree stumps and roots whichare unearthed in digging the peat. South-west the sky now took on a tinge of pink, eachfleecy cloud being rose-tinted in the light of the setting firm line showed where sea and sky met, for the air wasnow of an exceptional clearness, and in the north wind therecame the breath of frost. Across the hundreds of miles ofocean that lay spread before me no ship passed: the waterswere given over to the seal and the quick-flying solan and thecormorant. 1^75 Wanderings of a Naturalist A pair of choughs, c
. Wanderings of a naturalist . hisgreat colony may be seen in the tree stumps and roots whichare unearthed in digging the peat. South-west the sky now took on a tinge of pink, eachfleecy cloud being rose-tinted in the light of the setting firm line showed where sea and sky met, for the air wasnow of an exceptional clearness, and in the north wind therecame the breath of frost. Across the hundreds of miles ofocean that lay spread before me no ship passed: the waterswere given over to the seal and the quick-flying solan and thecormorant. 1^75 Wanderings of a Naturalist A pair of choughs, calling querulously, made their wayacross the hill to their roosting-place, and soon the full moon,gradually a^rting herself, shed on the breaking swell andstill waters of the deep Atlantic her silvery rays, so that thewhole world of hills and islands became trarisformed, andthe flashing rays of the lighthouse on Clare Island, shiningfar across the dark waters, Seemed insignificant beside thebrilliant moonlight. 176 as-ii, ^i^^. If 9 en o a B .au u < S o ap U
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