The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS
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SAILOR'swO0ING
A SEA tor y.


or the round back of fish miles long though u
noftencd of at one and into the hollow OF the AR,
and the CLEAN Of the white water broke past tho
other like the s,reaks Of the northern lights IN a
frosty night toward the Pole; save for the thin
shaiowy tint Of 1t, aud the starr shining plainly
through. Id have cintied IL was III 10 land
when suddenly the hli-moon was seen to ool@
like a yellow spot out uf the shapelcss SoT' VI
ste iin 10 eastward like a thing "'b'iy ~"
sheling a faint brown glimm'f lar Dei"H WIZ
Won ha int seen there wls wafer ~ All ~
Ionk of shadow s1ft,ncd away towards her tlI
l.; I;,tI, ,uo-e than I've minutes the dark mp
lin, line Of thy So was made out, dawn across
he d,i.k ~ IL IL had been ihc viii mouth oil
T.ih in the = nri ce, O. cutut tar on our wedlh-
LAW. A 'uit ulut skmmcrns INT stole out
~. Inv contrast leaving the miikVhitc glare
sdll apreal ovcryNh here olae, astorn, ahead, ami
mn orr lee beam into the slightlc's shy twas
the old blue water we caught sight OF once
moro. with the natural night AMI the
stars hanging over Il and the look
mt alof, reported blue water stretch
ing wide of to the nordrl. There was one full
hurrah from the seamcn in the bows and they
ran of themselves naturally enough 10 the
ropes, standing by TO haul the schooner on a
wind--,o head up for the oil salt sea J, doIIt.
Lieutenant Collins said Jones, In a low
voice, " do YOU mean to steer for that island, /
sir?" d" Yes said, " certainly, Nj. Jones
l shall see thi, matter out whatever the up'hot |
may e." " Then keep on, sir all lac, firmly, |
"kcep white In lhe wutrr--'t your only III an 10 |
near il safely. sir 20 This | DIDN'T well uulc,- |
sand hu, there was much oui Of the CON.
mon way he5,,louts, hat ! had made up my |
mind 10 follow his advice. Ano her hail from /
alolJ, at length" Something lach on our lee.
low, sif-rigbi IL tn eye Ui the white u l., /
81 :" W. were now running fast down IN the /
direction where there was least FEASIBILITY OF |
seeing ahead a, all n hou,h, in fee, the light |
Inbuushinc We htd evid'u'ly bcHn TO IN he |
I'M Inn. off lsH4 liatiugt
tuuirgii ~, queer a.hy dIah, moto AMI more |
like tie brown we noced at daytime while |
the light seemed as IL were To scoop out |
the hollow OF the sky al0i, when duk
tpot or two could be observed from the |
d c, dottin,. the milky space over one bow |
YOU couldn't nay whether in the air or
tlc wlor, as they hung bLackenins aud |
GROWN. together before ~ throu ;h below the |
foot OF the iib Larger aui larg l. bp.nil -
We sod before the breeze, til there was NJ
doubt We hal the bulk Of small low islam
not lar To windward Of us, n coupl of point
thercal outs on our latb)ard boH whe , sh, Tell
oil little-lying with she ragged uulnc Of it
riing TO a top near one end, its -hopr stretched
black aud distinct in the midst Of the pale sea;
while the white water was TO be seen taking
close along the edge of the Island, showing every
rock AMI point Of IL the shadow from the moon,
till II seemed TO turn away all of a sudden like
current into the broad dreamy glimmcr that still
lay south-castward. On the other side of the
island you saw the dark searip2lcs Pickering to
the faint moonli ;llt aud some two or three more
patches Of Hat land just tipping the horizon,
with the tn Ol.nut trees on them like reeds
n; inst the stars and tn dusk; while the one
d, ar,si us W suAi len " max "a gu, tn have
saved m the truu lie oven e ths Look | gave
Jones, which lac an wgrcl 10y auo.hcr. You
nave s"vgu or u ght hthom, water ho.c, sir,
a.,i.d pee; aul Js soon - she rOInls the pbilt
Wonder, we can ,hlil il b. doirsrs to any an
osayr 80. Tx, aS lun.' ~ w i ''p Ia the white
Nrcr --hu, we must holl 90 H. ltwisnc orl-
Is fi.nl So with the lead, AMI ere ng, hnN-
in. X Of past the point, tn atnH mul.N hue
could he uoic.d 90 it were tagging uT through
the darker WATER and winding away hthcr AM
thithcr all rounl the other side, till YOU lost IT,
However, here We lrlilld mp aud hauled dowG
everything letting go an anchor, little mpr,
than half u milo from a small slup'us beach
where the strange water actually sUrscd al
through the shadow OF he lll, In one glitter.
lug shec like new flcn tn1w, while tha bar,
wash secihed down into Il Hll alIn the cdgn IN
y rect fire. Nothing ,iiIr d o. IL, apparently.
n q sound cIma from 10, save the lou-wtsh Of
tbs sur on .hIt lonely bare b'gc'i; AMI yuu only
made out thai part Of The island was covered
witt trees, win tn gruuud rising toI hit-
topped hammock toward one yn1. So brin
pretty wealicI by tbs tlur i'm itient though
! was for u clearer view OF matters, mos, of us
turned In leaving th' deck 20 % strong anchor
watch in charge Of Jones specially ~ IL was
over the island u. Gu 70 our rpp.,. Bat fever
man walk ! 90, ltyh on. had In T.. hiOn O
Keep you awake, Il was Jones that N Irung
fs.cr an IA a. he va, III. you'd have thpaslt
he ran; hen there VISA s'u,, when yol l'lJ
hm mW,i7G ami o', "a posted aEll. No Won
dr. | bal ugly DIRE lul
lcOuld arc belle. Il W. n oIc sill, wh'u
having he II cdl ed hl -n.h1usuitcr day re k
ii st saw the chance IN The app'arLnc, OF
things all al out u. The hu ION lay touil as
clear as heat could w-h.-no. u ~ ck IN 4 z (
save the little dizzy ilt.s a. distance; the
biold blue can s. iIkun- lar away on on, side,
and the water TO vi lw.rl, ia ia direction We
had come, showing I A. sam, brpNnish tin, W.
had seen the day u',O.e, While h took the i5lIl Il
before US in its blight aul turned oft eastward
with tho breeze till it spriad against the op N
tky. The top Of the land WAS hi ,h enough u
thut out the sea-line, aud being low wI.or at
the time, it was plain enough nos why Jones
wished 20 keep the white slreilIs Oyehnigh
for, where the dilgy-yplourcd ripples melted on
The other side toward the blue YOU co Ild See by
the spots Of foam and the ,,recnsL breaks here
aud there in the surface, that all that coast Ofthe
island was one network OF shoals and reefs
stretching out You diin't know how wide.
Whitewater l'laul, in fact, was merely the
head Of theul-tho milky stream that had 20
startled Us Just washing round the deep end Of
H. and edgine rir along the side Of the reefs
win lew creeks sent in anon st them, rs ia
were, like f. lrrs, ere II flowed tho other way
W. ouldi o hcrwise ha got 50 near "a We
were. But the island itself was tn, sight TO fast
e. you, as the lovely green fit shonc out In the
morning sun, covering tho most part OF II close
over, and tipping up beyond the bare break
WI ere II WIS stecpcst, with clump Of tail co.
CCa shooting every hcrs.Hnd-, here out of the
thick bush; Indeed, there was apparently u sort
OF split leng ihwpys throI,;h thr mls, where,
npon only walking 10 the sghponcT's bow, uns
could see the bright greenwood sinl.iu, dOwa
90 a hollow out of i,,ht under the clear gush
OF the breeze on a dark blue patch of the SCI
that hung beyond II Ike a wedge. As the tide
made over the long reefs, till the last line of
surf on them vanished it went up the tile
randy cove opposite US with pla,h on the beach
that you could hear the place was just what a
sailor may have hat a notion OF all his life, with
out exactly seeing i, ill then and though, rs
yet, one had a rough guess Of its size, why, il
COlldnt bc loss than "A couple Of miles from uui
u end, with more than that breadth, perhaps,
a. the low side toward the reef. Not a sOul
amongst the man-o-war rmrn, | dlrcsny, as
they pressed together in the schooners bows la
seo into II, but would have taken his traps that
moment, IL I'd told him, and e Ine ashore on the
chance Of passing his Jays there; so it wasn't
hard 10 conceive, on tn state il seemed to pa,
their rough sun-burnt faces in, honest rs they
looked, how similar liuCy would work with
Master Harry Foster, eyel Il j. tried his virtue
little.
had no more doubt in my own mind, by
This time, Of it's being the fellows intended
:. hermitage, than lad Of It's Icing the same
Whitewater Island hal he ard OF myself or c
spot v hich Jones seemed to know so well A;