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Fishery, but its operations were limited during the brief period of its existence.
But the rapidly rising" tide puts an end to further exploration for to-day,—we have scarcely lost sight of the Town—so panoramic in its appearance—and yet we have had occupation enough, and our collecting bottles are full, so leaving our companions to rest awhile to sniff the evening breezes in quietude, we saunter homewards, recruited in health and spirits, and infinitely the wiser for our intercourse with Nature, cordially agreeing too with Bryant that—
"To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness and a smile,
And eloquence of Beauty, and she glides
Into her darker musings with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
Their sharpness ere he is aware."
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