. Nimrod of the sea, or The American whaleman . Whaling. lib NI2IR0D OF THE SEA; OS, too feeble to convey the wonders of nature's productiveness to minds schooled under northern skies. Here are lofty cliffs extending far as the eye can 2:)enetrate the misty at- mosphere, their sides deeply festooned with vines and dense verdure of all kinds front base to summit. Long arcades and cavernous arbors are formed so deep that the vivid tints. TKOPIOAL of foliage and flowers are lost in shadows, which verge on the darkness of night. In those green recesses I observed one of those contrasts


. Nimrod of the sea, or The American whaleman . Whaling. lib NI2IR0D OF THE SEA; OS, too feeble to convey the wonders of nature's productiveness to minds schooled under northern skies. Here are lofty cliffs extending far as the eye can 2:)enetrate the misty at- mosphere, their sides deeply festooned with vines and dense verdure of all kinds front base to summit. Long arcades and cavernous arbors are formed so deep that the vivid tints. TKOPIOAL of foliage and flowers are lost in shadows, which verge on the darkness of night. In those green recesses I observed one of those contrasts in which nature seems to delight. Flocks of birds of a pure white plumage passed to and fro in the dim light, as though they were blossoms of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, William M. (William Morris), 1815-1891. New York : Harper & Brothers


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