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The waters were calm and blue  very different from the white and angry waves of Norss's native fiord. THE WATERS WERE CALM AND BLUE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WHITE AND ANGRY WAVES OF NORTH NATTY FIELD
n, many days on sailed Norss--so many leagues that he thought he must have compassed the earth. In all this time he knew no hunger nor thirst; it was as the spirit had told him in his dream--no cares nor dangers beset him. By day the dolphins and the other creatures of the sea gambolled about his boat; by night a beauteous Star seemed to direct his course; and when he slept and dreamed, he saw ever the spirit clad in white, and holding forth to him the symbol in the similitude of a cross. At last he came to a strange country--a country so very different from his own that he could scarcely trust his senses. Instead of the rugged mountains of the North, he saw a gentle landscape of velvety green; the trees were not pines and firs, but cypresses, cedars, and palms; instead of the cold, crisp air of his native land, he scented the perfumed zephyrs of the Orient; and the wind that filled the sail of his boat and smote his tanned cheeks was heavy and hot with the odor of cinnamon and spices.  SPEED OUT OF SIGHT ON ON MANY DAYS ON SAILED NORSE SO MANY LEAGUES THAT HE THOUGHT HE MUST HAVE COME PAST THE EARTH IN ALL THIS TIME HE KNEW NO HUNGER NOR THIRST IT WAS AS THE SPIRIT HAD TOLD HIM IN HIS DREAM NO CARES NOR DANGERS BESET HIM BY DAY THE DOLPHINS AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE SEA GAMBOLLED ABOUT HIS BOAT BY NIGHT A BEAUTEOUS STAR SEEMED TO DIRECT HIS COURSE AND WHEN HE SLEPT AND DREAMED HE SAW EVER THE SPIRIT CLAD IN WHITE AND HOLDING FORTH TO HIM THE SYMBOL IN THE SIMILITUDE OF A CROSS AT LAST HE CAME TO A STRANGE COUNTRY A COUNTRY SO VERY DIFFERENT FROM HIS OWN THAT HE COULD SCARCELY TRUST HIS SENSES INSTEAD OF THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTH HE SAW A GENTLE LANDSCAPE OF VELVETY GREEN THE TREES WERE NOT PINES AND FIRS BUT CYPRESSES CEDARS AND PALMS INSTEAD OF THE COLD CRIPS AIR OF HIS NATIVE LAND HE SCENTED THE PERFUMED ZEPPYIRS OF THE ORIENT AND THE WIND THAT FILLED THE SAIL OF HIS BOAT AND SMOTE HIS TAN CHEEKS WAS HEAVY AND HOT WITH THE ORDER OF CINNAMON AND SPICES
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