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Show 6 VOV AGE FROM NEW VORh. The sunset in these warm J.e g:l 0 ns ' is' a. lso r. emark-able for mellow beauty, b u t 11 0t ' as I Jmao" ·mc• d, of a splendor cqual to tlJ e sunrise. .O ne. cvenm. g., a " go ld en e d geeI cI ou d" sugob -cstcd a few lmcs of co.n - solat.w n to one o. f' tlJ e, h' d·i cs on board, . who W.i th much sorrow an d anx.J ·e • tv. ' w·'J s nursing her mtercstmg IJ. tt 1e b oy, as he " '•'I S sinkinb" by degrees into the arms · of death. A dark cloud was skirting the edg·e of the sea, A frown on the brovr of the west, And nature was shrouded with sadness to mr, As she sank in the ocean to rest ; , Dut the sun that was wrapped in that mantle of woe, His radiance begins to unfold, And the veil that was darkening tlJC billows below, Is fringed and embroidered with ~old . The scene is a signal for mental rehcf, 'While it charms and refreshes the sight ; It bids me believe that the cloud of my grief, Shall soon wear a border of light. ':l'hc gilding of hope, and the beaming of love, Victorious o'er sorrows and fCars, Are l1cralds of mercy from heaven above, 'l'o illumine this valley of tears. No one needs to lack amusement during a voyage, especially within the tropics. Nature is ~o~stan:ly presenting objects of interest, and the sea, m Jts CICr varying phases, is a sight which never tires. .We were amused, one morning, by watching the motwns of a great shark, called, from J· ts k nown d J·S C ernment and cunning, the "Sea lawyer." His broad head, ao-ile body, and flopping green li ns, w1· t h tiJ e n.u me· ro" us little myrm1. don fishes w1 1 1· e h accompam· e,d h1m on his journey, formed a striking spectacle. At time, a dolphin followed our bait-a much VOYAGE k'IWM NEW YORK. 7 taper and active fish than I had imagined; his fine blues and greens quite glittered through the waves. On a third occasion, the sea was seen sparkling with myriads of minnte blue fishes, speckled with silver. The "Man-of war birds," to all appearance black, with long wings and swallow tails, were often perceptibl e, soaring above us to a great height. I am told that they form a curious link between the albatross and sea eagle. Their gyrations resemble those of the latter bird; and it is said that during the hurricaues which so often occur in the West Indies, in the autumn, these birds arc seen rising, in great numbers, abon! the sphere of agitation, and enjoying themseil'es in the tranquillity of the skies above. On the :3rd of the Twelfth month (December) we caught our first sight of land-the conical rocky peaks of Virgin Gorda rising before us to a considerable elevation. Soon afterwards we saw Tortola, St. John's, and St. Thomas-all however at a great distance. The next morning, those islands were full in sight to the eastward, and in the distant west we obtained a view of the mountains of Porto Rico. 'I'hc appearance of these tropical islands, rising suddenly from the sea, and forming steep, pyramidal elevations, sometimes of bare rock, at other times covered with greenness, was to many of us a perfect novelty ; and one is immediately led, as a matter of course, to trace their existence to some vast impulse from below. There can be little doubt, I suppose, that they are, in general, of volcanic origin ; and that they are not of that fathomless antiquity to which some of the geological strata pretend, is plainly evinced by the circumstance, |