. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. it* xf- Port-sur-Saone— the Channel betweenthe Islands. itself. It cannot be realized in paint, but Claude, Wilson, andTurner have all conveyed the impression of richness and tran-quillity that charmed us. A broad winding river, richly woodedshores rising to gentle eminences, distant hills of a tender grey,approaching, but not too nearly, to a pale azure, a sky all full ofheavens own calm and light, and everywhere Natures sweetestsummer rest—these are the elements of a scene too perfect fordescription, but so i
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. it* xf- Port-sur-Saone— the Channel betweenthe Islands. itself. It cannot be realized in paint, but Claude, Wilson, andTurner have all conveyed the impression of richness and tran-quillity that charmed us. A broad winding river, richly woodedshores rising to gentle eminences, distant hills of a tender grey,approaching, but not too nearly, to a pale azure, a sky all full ofheavens own calm and light, and everywhere Natures sweetestsummer rest—these are the elements of a scene too perfect fordescription, but so impressive that even the rude boatmen were A Summer Voyage. 85 touched by it and stood quite silent in their places, the onlysound being the occasional swish of the tow-rope after beingcaught an instant in the glassy surface, or Frankis cheerful cryof encouragement to Zoulou. At length we heard the sound offalling waters, the river became a lake, terminated by a greatweir, and after falling in a cascade, it flowed away in a noble. Si
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