The Republican journal., 1895-10-31
4 Visit to Pico.

r.u GRAPES GROWING AMONG
xts BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
S,,raspondence Of The Journal.
FAyAL ISLAND, Sept. 9th.
sending Horta's many attrac-
stranger within it's gates cannot
,,entea until he has crossed the five
,.anel to Pico, the mountain-is-
sose huge bulk, towering directly
II the port, is visible from every
esyal Its volcanic cone, taper
ss,a 10 height Of nearly 5000
Us beautifully shaped as if chisel-
surrounded at its base by in
ais smaller craters. is the central
o,he Azorean archipelago, visible
siles out on the broad Atlantic.
| Mas been proposed as first meri-
reitude. Viewed from dis
f4o&s like a great black column
aieht ont of the sea. From the
8AtA llufta, with clouds interven-
Huns a inca!culablc height and
,}if .itwn al the water 5 edge it ap-
mighty preeipice looming
aW6e which grows in magnitude
san gaze upon it, until You act
th. die heap Of hardened lava
s.h May topple over Oh Fayal and
ag u existence. Skirting its in
,M8t picturesque shores III a boat
.u,salAeiing that every atom OF shore
#4in was belched forth IN vol.
ink. zen can think Of no better des-
s.at Il Nan the old Smile Of vast
iea where the larger Stag has
ndy rolled to the outer edge into
weipg an ever broadening base,
til Aaes siftings steadily add in
tlg perfect cone above. Pico
Mn1mCt ROT the Azores. When he
|. M hoad in the afternoon, good
indicated for the morrow; but
emMns hidden all day, with no
~ .ae upper clouds, the signs are
rnuttious that no amount Of gold
Mi Ak .Azorean boatman far from
! Cohorts of constantly shifting
ada e. It both mystery and i'm
u.s. Never entirely unveiled at
4na IeaI cut against the sky, it is
Sc completely shrouded from base
|nnit vs. 10 be invisible, even from SO
poaF 49, Fayal After having gaz-
aeln your window in admiring
ei last thing before going to bed
l N ives you an uncanny feeling
aiy Unable to see ANY sign or
tin the morning-as if it had
anchor Id the darkness and
away the other side OF the globe;
Il niy phantom mountain, with
talia qyistence at alla It is a favor
among the fayAiese that King
Years the same gown twice. X
lt lEofta, il il usually clothed
iei6, With marrow bands OF white
M 4e small tguncated cones of
ei but the clouds that eneil-
iaeie are forever changing IN
a. aNlour ana n snnserig is beau
description. Ii IL oftenest
jii crown to base in rosy glow,
pts gradually t. amethyst, then
Faipic; tien fades e pale gray,
NE. Sometimes, "a the midst Of
Louis that have all da9 hidden i
eht 9iopd-icd Spot appears
5arns ia Furnished coNnea aad
ke the open door u furnace
dix eload-eurtains arc drawn
BY AZ invisible hand. and the
ssiaMe. Is disclosed. As yeu
aneed, tho flames wax reslder and
4het. sending their radiance far
shoulders OF the mountain whose
Pals remains mWrSy black. Alter
meeting and parting, as if 70 IN
Ae spectacular effect, the clouds
lnA the peak. now lifted into in
fsigut. j. TRANSPORTED with unearth
~. fl is in reality "a pillar Of
by day and a pillar OF fire by
fuT It's crater, which III days of
las been the source Of so many
foas arrlptions, emits breath of
hieAse heat that in the moon light,
ertain conditions OF the atmos-
1t aan OF twilight, bright flames
Rinle liscerned Pickering amid thin
p Nj smoke.
oa watch the boats plying ali day
ti0ss tile narrow channel the temp
becomes irresistible TO pay this
aeQs neighbor a visit. And moth
easiei Although the Portuguese
e Is to you sealed book, the
IN aie accustomed to the ways Of
foreigners and know what you
Aaaut the aid OF words; and they
make room for you in some com
qeiiieg Of an outgoing felucca-
IKE g5A understand, too, the price
II takes only half an hour to
ipm iiorta to the little village of
lsa BIZ TO Magdalena, the chief
fW9, where many Of Fayal' $
~ eltizens have summer resi-
lsie native boats, despite their
hsalance, make almost Yachting
~ immense latccn sails swelling
aAlng IN the breeze as they careen
pillows, now and then tossing