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One morning, earlier Than the i1sdai time 81
rising, The steward tawak9ned as With ihe Ell news
that HSebergs were close al hand " THIS Mas
charming intelligence, for SO hte ia the Season
they are but rarely met with: We We're all soon
on deck, and for a worthy object One was q
grand fellow, with two great dotnes each as large
as that of 81. Paurs: the lover part was like
frosted silver. Where the heat of The sun bad
melted the surface, and it had frozen again, in its
gradual decay it had assumed all sorts Of ang6 g6ar
and fantastic shapes, refectilig from its green,
transparent mass thousands Of pfisriatic eofofs
while, below tbe gentle swell dalied with itsctii
like SIDES The action of the waves had worn
away great portion of the base over the water,
into the deep |nooks and caves, destroying tie
BALANCE &C. of the mass White we were passing
the crisis ofths tedious process canced 10 arrive
The huge white rock touered for a moment, Ihc h
tell loilhe calm sea-, with sound, like the rear
OF thousand cannon;s The sprayorose sto "a great
height ino the,Fair, and lulargef sVavesa rolled
roIndJ spreading iheirN Nideeireles overthe ocean,
each ring dlniniShingtill at length they sank 10
rest When the spray had fallen again, the gilt
tering dones had vanished and d Tong low is
land Of rough snow and ice, lay on Che Surface Of
The water. There is something Impressive and
dismalin the fate of these, cold and lonely wan
derers Of The deep They break loose by some
great effort of nature from the shores and rivers
of unknown regions of thenorth, where for cen.
turies perhaps, theyshave been accumuIating, and
commence their dreary voyage, which hasano end
but annihilatioh. For years they may wander in
the Polar Sea, Till some strong gale or current,
bears them past its iron limits Then, by the pre-
dominance of winds and waters to the south, they
hoatopast. the desolatei coasts of Newfoundland.
Already the summer sun makessad havocin1h
strenth, melting their lofty heights; but each
nights frost bindsup what is left, and still ON, on,
gides the great mass, slowly, sotemny You
not rock il, The keenest eye cannot discover a mo
ton but moment BY moment, day by day, it
passes TO the south, where it wastes away and van
ishes at last In June and July they most nu-
mereus ia these seas,and there is, often much dam
ger from their neighborhood in the dark mooniess
nighs;' but the thermometer, if consulted, will
always indicate their approach it fell eight de-
gress when we neared the iceberg which I have
now described; and The cold was sensibly felt
~. har i-lag, } England az TIE Ne1o World, q.


