. Pictures of an inland sea. up sacks of 47 TEE INLAND SEA flour, the bags of beans, the boxes of candles,the flitches of bacon that hang from therafters, and the pots, pans and kettles, andother necessaries of life, indicate a protractedstay. In more ways than one, I am pleased withmy new companions. Beside the natural de-sire for fellowship, there is not to be forgottenthe artistic selfishness. Men are often butflgures to the landscape painter, and as it isimpossible that I put myself into my ownsketches, even were that feat desirable, I havesadly felt the want of flesh and blood. Manwas nee
. Pictures of an inland sea. up sacks of 47 TEE INLAND SEA flour, the bags of beans, the boxes of candles,the flitches of bacon that hang from therafters, and the pots, pans and kettles, andother necessaries of life, indicate a protractedstay. In more ways than one, I am pleased withmy new companions. Beside the natural de-sire for fellowship, there is not to be forgottenthe artistic selfishness. Men are often butflgures to the landscape painter, and as it isimpossible that I put myself into my ownsketches, even were that feat desirable, I havesadly felt the want of flesh and blood. Manwas needed to give interest to these wavesand stones. Now he is here. These figuresare perfect accompaniments to these islandscenes. They are as much in harmony withthese bird-haunted rocks as are the samphire-gatherers to the old-world cliffs. They are asvaluable to me as the beach-comber is to thepainter of marines, or as the charcoal burnerto him who makes pictures of the oaks andfirs of some forest dell. As Dickens uses the 4:8. THE INLAND SEA bit of dreary twilight landscape on the riverSoane, to show the forlorn and desperate con-dition of the execrable Regaud, or as thedesolate valley is made by Hugo to indicatethe arid and lonely soul of Jean Valjean,when, after he has committed the robbery atthe house of his benefactor, the good Welcome, he aits down to rest, so Ican use, in inverse ratio, these men. Emphasisthey give, such as the landscape painter the present moment. Three of thesifters are engaged in the task of passingthrough sieves and putting into sacks theancient bird deposits. Leaning against thewild March wind, their rustic clothing flappingin as wild disorder, and a cloud of the brown,snuff-like mineral hovering around them, orbeing carried by the fitful gusts far beyondthe sieves, the men make extremely pictur-esque figures. One of the sifters will dwellhere permanently. I expect to place himinto many a future sketch. He is a Herculesin st
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