. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. 158 THE OCEAN. In''I -*'â 11. PICO. beauty of this oceanic mountain: « The hoary head ot Pico presents a great variety of beauty. One afternoon it was lightly powdered with snow, so as to give It a tint of sober olive; with a larger quan- tity of frost or snow, and stronger and more direct sunshine, it has looked hke dead silver; at another time It was tipped with fire ;-at another it was pavi- Honed in liame-coloured clouds ;-a few light mists would shut it entirely out, or, w
. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. 158 THE OCEAN. In''I -*'â 11. PICO. beauty of this oceanic mountain: « The hoary head ot Pico presents a great variety of beauty. One afternoon it was lightly powdered with snow, so as to give It a tint of sober olive; with a larger quan- tity of frost or snow, and stronger and more direct sunshine, it has looked hke dead silver; at another time It was tipped with fire ;-at another it was pavi- Honed in liame-coloured clouds ;-a few light mists would shut it entirely out, or, where transparent give to it a wan and visionary hue ; and in the even- ing, when the clouds put on a gayer livery, becoming ,ured or purple, or bronzed, the changes and flushes would almost remind you of the variable colours on a pigeon's neck ; or, as a poet has 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London : Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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