sea-vapour

Updated: June 26, 2025

I had seen these inundations from below; at Calistoga I had risen and gone abroad in the early morning, coughing and sneezing, under fathoms on fathoms of grey sea-vapour, like a cloudy sky a dull sight for the artist, and a painful experience for the invalid.

Robert Louis Stevenson - The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 2