Torrey's narrative; or, The life and adventures of William Torrey, who .. was held a captive by the cannibals of the Marquesas .. . t the very entrance of our path. It was 82 LIFE AND ADVENTURES precisely six oclock when the last of our party left thebrink. Never was there a more delightful morning. Theatmosphere was perfectly clear, and the air, with thethermometer at 56 degrees Fahrenheit, fine and splendid assemblage of strong and beautifully con-trasted colors glowed around us. The bed of the craterstill covered with the broad shadow of the eastern bankswas of jetty blackness. Th
Torrey's narrative; or, The life and adventures of William Torrey, who .. was held a captive by the cannibals of the Marquesas .. . t the very entrance of our path. It was 82 LIFE AND ADVENTURES precisely six oclock when the last of our party left thebrink. Never was there a more delightful morning. Theatmosphere was perfectly clear, and the air, with thethermometer at 56 degrees Fahrenheit, fine and splendid assemblage of strong and beautifully con-trasted colors glowed around us. The bed of the craterstill covered with the broad shadow of the eastern bankswas of jetty blackness. The reflection of the early sun,added a deeper redness to the western cliffs; thoseopposite were of a bright yellow, while the body ofsmoke rising between them, hung in a white drapery ofpearly whiteness, against the deep azure of the southernsky. Mounaloa and Mounakea, in full view in thewest, were richly clothed in purple; and the long lineof intervening forest, the level over which we werepassing, and the precipice by which it is encircled,thickly covered with trees and shrubbery, exhibited anequally bright and lively OF WILLIAM TORREY, 83 CHAPTER VI. Sail for the Off shore ground. Cruise for Whale. Come toanchor at Payta. Desert the ship. Sufferings in the the human habitations. Are entertained by an old Spaniard,who takes us to St. Augustine, and delivers us up to the Gov-ernor. Thrown into a Calaboose. Released by the of Peru. Proceed to the Galapagos. Scenes at that of Dundas. Sail to the Society Islands. Run upon theCoral Reef. Loose an anchor. Employ natives to dive for to the Coast of Japan. Description of the Dolphin andFlying Fish. A violent storm. Sail for the Sandwich at Pitcairns. Desert the ship. Ship on board the brigDoll. Arrive at Magdalena. Proceed to Wytohoo. Phospho-retic scene. A heavy storm. Seven men lost. Flee to theboats. The ship runs upon the rocks. ^w^^A/^ ^ o^^ return from the v
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