The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . arply con-trasted Avith all that we had seen and experienced among the Islesof Summer, upon the peninsular of Florida, and in ocean soli-tudes. Our return to the north was well-timed. The morning waslovely; the air of a most agreeable temperature; the sky cloud-less. Nature, with smiling face, welcomed us home. The littledimpled waves glistened and gleefully danced iu the sun-light. S56 ISLES OP SUMMEE. Brooklyn from her heights, Jersey City from her lowly positionupon the shore, and New York from behind her shipping, seemedto waft lis jDlca
The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . arply con-trasted Avith all that we had seen and experienced among the Islesof Summer, upon the peninsular of Florida, and in ocean soli-tudes. Our return to the north was well-timed. The morning waslovely; the air of a most agreeable temperature; the sky cloud-less. Nature, with smiling face, welcomed us home. The littledimpled waves glistened and gleefully danced iu the sun-light. S56 ISLES OP SUMMEE. Brooklyn from her heights, Jersey City from her lowly positionupon the shore, and New York from behind her shipping, seemedto waft lis jDlcasant greetings. Our fellow passengers throngedthe deck of the Anstin, and exchanged cards and again found that the love of native laud is intensified by ab-sence. Exile hallows and makes home more sacred. The earth-ly home suggested the heavenly, and we repeated the poets ap-propriate and tuneful numbers— Lone voyager on times sea!When my dull night of being shall be past,O may I waken in a land at last, Welcome as this to me I.
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