The Pine-tree coast . ^ the shore, that isrudely but strikingly worked out in the form of a cross. Though it is easilyreached from below, I found the place extremely difficult of access from thetop of the cliff. One of the singularities of this island is that, while it is only sixteen mileslong, vegetation is more forward by a full fortnight at the northern than at thesouthern end, thus reversing the climatic law existing on the mainland. Thisfact was vouched for by several respectable persons. It is owing, perhaps, to. ~^^ISS^ A RUN ACROSS GRAND MANAN. 381 the greater prevalence of cold fogs,
The Pine-tree coast . ^ the shore, that isrudely but strikingly worked out in the form of a cross. Though it is easilyreached from below, I found the place extremely difficult of access from thetop of the cliff. One of the singularities of this island is that, while it is only sixteen mileslong, vegetation is more forward by a full fortnight at the northern than at thesouthern end, thus reversing the climatic law existing on the mainland. Thisfact was vouched for by several respectable persons. It is owing, perhaps, to. ~^^ISS^ A RUN ACROSS GRAND MANAN. 381 the greater prevalence of cold fogs, with their accumpiiiiying humidity, whichrenders a lire as indispensable in summer as in winter here. Upon going up into the lantern of the lighthouse,^ I saw the long blue lineof the iSTova Scotia coast, in one direction, thirty to forty miles distant, and bya slight change of position, looked directly into the mouth of Cutler Harbor,in Maine. On this side, the Machias Seal Eocks, distinguished by their twintowers, stood up, sharp and clear, from the low-lying ledges, while on the other,the lonely Gannet Rock lifted its warning shaft far out to sea. But the afternoon was wearing away. Already the ocean was taking adeeper tint as the sun neared his journeys end, yet seemed to linger, tliat wemight look on the enrapturing scene just a little longer. Every moment thesunburned faces of the aged cliffs grew a deeper red, so bringing sharply outall the myriad ridges, and leaving in shadow all the myriad grooves, tha
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