The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30

some of Rodnsy's shfps had q sharp skirm d. T.
with . part Of Count de Grasses comma q
before the great battle OF Dominica in T..
| on the other eide there 10 . minor To-.
Potato Bay. named for the admirable tub
that the funnel shaped valley leading dov
TO Il Affords. II was % this bay that %
wings OF the two squadrons rested IN
action that took place In the Basse T@'-.
roadstsad. You can see . picture Of a..
engagement hanging on the public llbrIr
wall u you 80 desire. . fne big meZzottnt -..
big that II had to be- printed in two seytin,.
and pasted together for framing Beusr
u IL this inscription.
a View Of tho Engagement Taken ..
the spot. between samuel Lord Hood a.
Count de Grasss near Basse TER. on r
leland Of 81 christopher on the 25th co..
OF January. lisa. when Admiral Hood
twenty-five ships OF the Line Foughr
way through the French Fleet conss
OF twenty siK Line Of Battle ships o..
by . we'll played mAn1uVre broughf
fleet TO an anchor In Base Terre Eu..
where Count de Grasss Was at an,r"r ,
few hours before.
London. Published a. the Act d,r-r'.
April ,. for Mr.. Durney nv Mr. Lows q
No. is Great New port street. Lincoln Fr-.d.
But these are mere items In tale u
warfare lasting through centuries +. '1.
stains Of battle never faded II would un' -
only In the sunset that these West Indian
seas mingled crimson with their blue
But let US go back to our hilltop and 'op<
once more over these endless wssJe, 20
water. IL there another place on earn
where one can stand upon the crest u' ,
narrow ridge OF earth and gaze over ~ =
Dreams upon either hand And how dr..
emit they are a. they glitter IA the same a
and heave under the same Nind TN y".~
right the westerly. the leeWard side 80
=
. sheet Of old FURNISHED silver IL u fron
the sea itself. smooth and untroubled or If.
IL from the palm fringed shores that Won get
that Impression OF tropical lAnRuof' IL
from the waterspout slowly moving oNc-
n beneath brooding cloud that you absorb
the notion OF tropical cruelty NhAteNc-
the reason. II makes YOU thlns of -p'a
groves and the music Of guitars and Creus
comelinezs and creole sensuous indolsnre
You think. besides. OF spanish galeon,
numbering through the waters. of pirate,
whose EtronRholds you have seen m ~.
Thomas though maybe they are only
tinct windmills. bouncing down On 'h"m,
butchering the crews and carO1sIng oNs-
the gold You think of Morgan Al Panama
and Rupert of the Rhine turned bucysu.rr
from the very highest motives
over 20 your lefA 20 the east. the " MI
ward side the Atlantic heaVes. never 90
resi-, No suggestion OF FURNISHED metal
about these waters with their endless corr
cations and the fecks 81 foam all over
them everywhere as far a. the ey" cAn
see, hlling you with the sense OF bOundlsss
effort. Of Infinite striving as vain a. the
struggle OF life. OF unbridled impulse. ~
youth crossed with grizzly age y
freshness ever renewed but always blended
with a pain and a lamentinE as old as tho
world
Far TO the north an island or two NAV b
dimly visible-St Martins and St Bars.
In the utheast. faint on the skyline. Bar-
budA and Antigua may often he deserted.
But straight out to the east there IL not
speck on tho horizon. and you know that
between YOU and the coast Of Africa there
IL nothing but the atmosphere snd the ocean.
Gray and gloomy in the light now from be-
hind you. which evokes no reflected CLEAN.
Swallowed by clouds which gather suddenly
and nit over IT, drawn by the island noun
tain masses. II stretches away for leagues
that II wearies the mind even 20 think 81,
dancing and leaping through endless sue
cesHion OF years under the stimulation ~
this same ceaseless wind in all its variety
of moods.
And the wind itself where does II CONS
from? Perhaps . few days ago. . weeE
at most. this same air that flls your lungs
and nutters your necktie was lashinR W
. he sands OF tho Sahara or winning its oIy-
gen from forests in the Sudan. and since
then IL has been playing or striving with
the waves in its mAdcap rush from CONT
nent TO continent.