Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . he time every day resembles a winter sky in England;the face of Nature and life is fixed and joyless. If the sun chargesthrough the black clouds enveloping it and a kindly wind brushes themasses of vapor below the horizon, and the bright light reveals our sur-roundings, it is only to tantalize us with a short-lived vision of brilliancyand beauty of verdure. liiglit at Last! Emerging from th
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . he time every day resembles a winter sky in England;the face of Nature and life is fixed and joyless. If the sun chargesthrough the black clouds enveloping it and a kindly wind brushes themasses of vapor below the horizon, and the bright light reveals our sur-roundings, it is only to tantalize us with a short-lived vision of brilliancyand beauty of verdure. liiglit at Last! Emerging from the forest, finally, we all became enraptured. Like acaptive unfettered and set free, we rejoiced at sight of the blue cope ofheaven, and freely bathed in the warm sunshine, and aches and gloomythoughts and unwholesome ideas were banished. You have heard howthe London citizen, after months of devotion to business in the gaseousatmosphere in that great city, falls into raptures at sight of the greenfields and hedges, meadows and trees, and how his emotions, crowdingon his dazed senses, are indescribable. Indeed, I have seen a Derby dayonce, and I fancied then that I only saw madmen, for great, bearded,. \. *^
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