. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . the children the restless sea with its many changes was a new sight. Oneday it would be flat and calm and shiny, like a big mirror. Again quickly chang-ing with a breeze to blues of various shades. Again it would be broken withwhite-caps and spray, as the wind grew stronger. And it was so big! And Captain Hawes assured them that it was even biggerthan it looked, telling them that if they went away out there to the distant edgeby the sky, they would still see another just as far off, and so on for many, manydays before they would


. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . the children the restless sea with its many changes was a new sight. Oneday it would be flat and calm and shiny, like a big mirror. Again quickly chang-ing with a breeze to blues of various shades. Again it would be broken withwhite-caps and spray, as the wind grew stronger. And it was so big! And Captain Hawes assured them that it was even biggerthan it looked, telling them that if they went away out there to the distant edgeby the sky, they would still see another just as far off, and so on for many, manydays before they would get to the other side of the ocean. When the winds blew high and the waves dashed against the rocks and tossedup the white spray, he would take them down to the beach to watch the storm,and see the surf roll in. Of course this was a time for rubber boots, oilskins,and souwesters, such as the seafaring people wear. One day during a gale, a noreaster, when they could hardly stand alone,they saw a schooner wrecked out on the rocks. Everybody on shore was greatly.


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