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There was place there for a merry gambol, place, even, led by a wiser hand, for roaming and childish adventure and there were silence and sunlit space and sea and distant mists for the weaving of dreams ay, and, upon rare days, the smoke of the great ships, bound down the Straits and when dreams had worn the patience there were huge loose rocks handy for rolling over the brow of the cliff and there was gray moss in the hollows, thick and dry and soft, to sprawl on and rest from the delights of the day.
MR. WILTON. "There are two convenient ways for us to sail out of the Channel: the one through the Straits of Dover into the German Ocean; the other past Land's End, Cornwall, into the wide waters of the North Atlantic. We will take the former direction, and anchor off Yarmouth while we examine into the wonders connected with this division of the mighty sea."
The wind and weather became worse than ever, and, as time was precious, Tom decided to retrace our steps for a short distance and go through the Bungo Channel, between the islands of Sikok and Kiusiu, instead of going out to sea through the Simono-seki Straits, as, in the latter case, the gale would be right in our teeth, and we should make but little progress.
Thus, these waters, which flow from narrow straits are absorbed, as it were, in the immensity of the ocean, and their force is diminished as they spread through immense spaces where they ultimately disappear. I might compare this current to the eddies of water in a mill-race.
It is noteworthy that the large majority of the Italian cities clung to her, even in the darkest straits to which she was reduced by Hannibal. Yet when the fall of her last great rival left Rome irresistible abroad, her methods changed. It is hard to see how even Carthaginians could have been more cruel, more grasping, more corrupt than the Roman rulers of the provinces.
Jane and Reuben were bewildered and hardly happy yet; Draxy was alert, enthusiastic, ready as usual; poor Captain Melville and his wife were in sore straits between their joy in the Millers' good fortune, and their pain at the prospect of the breaking up of the family. Their life together had been so beautiful, so harmonious. "Oh, Draxy," said the Captain, "how shall we ever live without you?"
He had neither resources nor strategy. He knew neither what to do nor what he was doing. He neither knew when to advance nor when to retreat. It was all haphazard with him. Through his very stupidity an army was positively sacrificed. Lord Cornwallis, afterwards, easily defeated Gates. And in the campaign of 1780, Washington was himself in straits. His commissariat was wretchedly bad.
Peter denied his master, once, twice, thrice, and that with open oath; yet Christ receives him again without any the least hesitation or stick. The rest of the disciples, even all of them, did backslide and leave the Lord Jesus in his greatest straits.
Once before he had known Henry to be in just such straits. Again he consulted his watch. Then a new and cheering thought struck him. He rose quickly from his seat on the sofa and crossed the room to get his hat. "It is a forlorn hope, Jack, but I'll try it. Come back here in an hour or stay here and wait." "No, I'll keep moving," replied Jack.
In calm weather the channels between these islands and the mainland resemble a chain of landlocked lakes, like those in the Adirondacks or in southern Ontario, being connected by narrow straits called canales, brilliantly clear to a depth of several fathoms.
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