The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-27

become filled with water, OH then every
hill side hath found a tongue The num-
Der, and variety, and beauty of the water
falls are astonishing. Here is a noisy cata
ract coming, leaping and shouting from
crag top to shelf, till, with one tremendous
dive, thousands of feet down, he buries
himself in the gulf. There is a silverv cas-
cade, with step as light, and face as bright,
and voice as joyous and musical, as the
sweet laugh of some young country May
queen. While here is a full grown Niagara,
which, with mad impulse and deafening roar,
takes the fatal plunge, and all that is seen
is the creamy foam on the dark bosom of
the strait. And now we see one of those
marvellous creations of Nature-a great
glacier. 1t is on the mainland, and covers
the sides of several great peaks, coming
down to within five hundred feet of the
water. AT some points its edges are well
defined, and its clear, almost steel blue
color, giltters hard and cold i'll the warm
sunlight, while several beautiful little cas-
cadeS come dancing and laughing down the
mountains looking like silver ribbons on
the bare old TANKS.
little bird, resembling a thrush, flew
of to the ship, PEI Ched on the boom, look ed
about AS II making an examination of the
ship, then flew back to his house of sprigs,
thinking, | suppose, what a strange look
ing set of animals we were.
- AZ /. NJ. we came TO ahcnor IN Fort
l"I'P'e.' Inns oe"u'iiui pond ike NIUE
na'"'i, Is aoo"C one hunored ana ten miles
from the entrance to the channel A small
island guards the opening, the water is
ABOUT e'Sn,S leeV deep close 10 shore and
tne sPlit-i'he PEAKS "hlch surround 1t on
o''iS sue to"ri 30 a" Tue heavens: ne sun
10 '0''''S "v gov l an" MS SithIihS
i"!s nIie%nl IN" GUN me chashls ana deep
GUS III 'iie cl'iiS, HSn'!hg up the Ice clad
ci"@H ana peaks sIflkihS on the s!deS OF
VIC o'o sIac'eis, whose coiu 'aces-hot coio
lo"' III ny ti ,i5eu up "n" oe"fning win
iosy s'line' oln'i"s s'o''' h'Sht 10 me
I'lo Vi "%s' ie'ecC 'iie hSht' Whlch be
o''iTS s"'oo'i va 'Ho Sis'u slopes h7iy req
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gu ', rs O"i'' ""'e's' WHINE Cne
o''e car oiu0 u 'ilS heavens uescenu", Ton
ilS w. """ s'''."i"S ''T VII" beauty
,, ,.., n' ~ - a s''pi'nle P!c'u,e'
I N'I: Wv '.'' Az o"' ""i ~
~ ~" ~ y ~" 'o'ie'S, even 'i'a
- VIZ '"'''' az - "'' l"Shc"'
~ 10 " o"s' "'' -''. 1T A. NJ ana We
81, 7,m -. go ga, .r, i" ga al "''9i'"
i''H ali mug "e''' ih9 heaven" are
Iio"'' 'G"'i"S "S '"i covering al ihe
80 ""', '"' '"''i oo''0" '''" II '"'u anu
Su''tn' SN'nS uN G'c"iS ieeIlaS' tel!lnS
us 'naU oiu Neptune Is III one OF his stormy
mooGS' ana we VIII have squalls by and by.
iu'S 10 one oi we "eItcSt parts OF the
Nh""n S'ooe' eek after week the ram
pour" GOWN i'll torrents, ana the long,
d!tAiy nights OF W inter, sixteen hours
l"n2' aau 10 Tue general discomfort. At
Such uihe II presents an appearances OF
"'iN, ana "i'u' ana gloomy grandeur that
- '""eS'i lo"o'c' anu Is h"t 10 De seen else
""',o "i e"i'n' nu' ti,c morning wears
On 1he !"in CEASES lle clouds lSEten, the
SKY GEARS away, Tue sun shlhes Out, ana
al th'hgs brighten ana seem glad
ArU" we 40
we no" come to Smyth Channel. and
mere The surrounding scenery is OF wilder
ana more impressive character than in the
MIesser Channel even. The distant chan
neiS between the mountains seem from their
gioomincss to lead beyond the confines of
TINS W0rId. LecEy monument, noble
Sh2il OF bare ola granite, so called from its
likeness 10 monument, stands up cold
and alone ), 400 feet high. while further on
stands Cathedral mount, looking like the
Spife and root OF some vast church, 8, GOO
leet III ar ana visible Tor over sixty miles.
a!any OF the deep g0rgeS are filed with
magnificent glaciers, me dazzling white
ness OF whose upper surface contrasts finely
with the splendld blue and green tlnts
shown 10y their crevlces, and the general
outline Of some suggests 4 stormy sea sud
denly frozen in repose. Many of the noun
tain crags will rival the famous Mather-
horn.
little
Mayne HarOor, aud seldom have eyes
looked on more beautiful little haven.
ne hlGht was cioudiesS and starlight, the
old peaks casting great shadows across the
dark waters OF the bay, while the moon
l"oked IKE a magnificent orange globe
hanging III lEe heavens IN front of a pale
green sky, and beneath was a band of dark
cloud sliVeIed on the edge.
ON leaving Mayre liarbor the weather
looked very uutaVoIable and huge masses
OF black clouds enveiored the land and
mug OVERTIME waller but as the morning
advanced the sky began to clear and the
great dark packs began to move to leeward
As We rounded projecting headlanG, the
mass of clouds lifted, the sun shone ont,
and wondrous scene burst on our view.
" hen the dark, heavy clouds rolled off, All
immense s!"cler revealed Itself with such
pHtat ri Speh"oF lhaJ IL almost seemed
as II The widows of heaven had been
opened, permitting Hood OF crimson light
to pour forth upon this silent, frozen sea
Inc slght was So unexpected and So trans
cenoehIiy magnificent that GREATNESS silence
ieii upon Us none care speak tor few mo-
sheh's. iAls aetp RED hue lasted but a
Mite While, ana then FADED into that lovely
TINT, the gio" on a roses lip. Two dome
IKE Mountains, one at each corner of this
vast @iltterlng PLAIN, lifted high their old
heauS' "tie from the center there arose
single cone OF bare rock, grand and sym
metFicai ike Cieopatra's Needle. 4 little
below the top line wreath OF ice encircled
1t, but the apex was so sharp that snow,
even could not rest upon it, and the lance
IKE point glistened above the fast hurry
ing clouds, Scattered, seemingly, at regu-
lar intervals over It's surface were magniti-
cent Ice columns, and | stood watching
those pinnaeles OF aged snow as they stood
out sunlight flushed, the tints varying from
paie rose blush TO crimson, with blue
shadows on the snow beneath.
Next III point Oh interest is Mount Bur
hey, rising sheer from the water almost
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