A Hundred Varieties Of Trees And Shrubs Grow Out Of
The Grey Lichen-Covered Rocks - It Seems Barbarous That The Paddles Of A
Steamer Should Disturb Their Delicate Shadows.
If I found this lake so
beautiful on a day in the middle of October, when the bright autumn
Tints
had changed into a russet brown, and when a chill north-east wind was
blowing about the withered leaves, and the snow against the ship - and
when, more than all, I was only just recovering from ague - what would it
be on a bright summer-day, when the blue of heaven would be reflected in
the clear waters of the St. Lawrence!
By nine a furious snow-storm rendered all objects indistinct, and the fog
had thickened to such an extent that we could not see five feet ahead, so
we came to anchor for an hour. A very excellent breakfast was despatched
during this time, and at ten we steamed off again, steering by compass on
a river barely a mile wide! The New Era was a boat of a remarkably light
draught of water. The saloon, or deck-house, came to within fifteen feet
of the bow, and on the hurricane-deck above there was a tower containing a
double wheel, with which the ship is steered by chains one hundred feet
long. There is a look-out place in front of this tower, generally occupied
by the pilot, a handsome, ruffian-looking French voyageur, with earrings
in his ears.
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