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English
1336
The fourth, which we selected because it enclosed a little lagoon suitable for anchorage, bathing, night lines, and what not, shall have what description is necessary as the story proceeds; but, so far as paying rent was concerned, we might equally well have pitched our tents on any one of a hundred others that clustered about us as thickly as a swarm of bees. THE FOURTH WHICH WE SELECTED BECAUSE IT ENCLOSED A LITTLE LAGOON SUITABLE FOR ANCHORAGE BATHING NIGHT LINES AND WHAT NOT SHALL HAVE WHAT DESCRIPTION IS NECESSARY AS THE STORY PROCEEDS BUT SO FAR AS PAYING RENT WAS CONCERNED WE MIGHT EQUALLY HAVE PITCHED OUR TENTS ON ANY ONE OF A HUNDRED OTHERS THAT CLUSTERED ABOUT US AS THICKLY A SWARM OF BEES
 button of a rock that bore a single fir, to the mountainous stretch of a square mile, densely wooded, and bounded by precipitous cliffs; so close together often that a strip of water ran between no wider than a country lane, or, again, so far that an expanse stretched like the open sea for miles. Although the larger islands boasted farms and fishing stations, the majority were uninhabited. Carpeted with moss and heather, their coast-lines showed a series of ravines and clefts and little sandy bays, with a growth of splendid pine-woods that came down to the water's edge and led the eye through unknown depths of shadow and mystery into the very heart of primitive forest. The particular islands to which we had camping rights by virtue of paying a nominal sum to a Stockholm merchant lay together in a picturesque group far beyond the reach of the steamer, one being a mere reef with a fringe of fairy-like birches, and two others, cliff-bound monsters rising with wooded heads out of the sea.  FROM THE MERE ROUND BUTTON OF ROCK THAT BORE A SINGLE FIR TO THE MOUNTAINOUS STRETCH OF A SQUARE MILE DENSELY WOODED AND BOUNDED BY PRECIPITOUS CLIFFS SO CLOSE TOGETHER OFTEN THAT A STRIP OF WATER RAN BETWEEN NO WIDER THAN A COUNTRY LANE OR AGAIN SO FAR THAT AN EXPANSE STRETCHED LIKE THE OPEN SEA FOR MILES ALTHOUGH THE LARGER ISLANDS BOASTED FARMS AND FISHING STATIONS THE MAJORITY WERE UNINHABITED CARPETED WITH MOSS AND HEATHER THEIR COAST LINES SHOWED A SERIES OF RAVINES AND CLEFTS AND LITTLE SANDY BAYS WITH A GROWTH OF SPLENDID PINE WOODS THAT CAME DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE AND LED THE EYE THROUGH UNKNOWN DEPTHS OF SHADOW AND MYSTERY INTO THE VERY HEART OF PRIMITIVE FOREST THE PARTICULAR ISLANDS TO WHICH WE HAD CAMPING RITES BY VIRTUE OF PAYING A NOMINAL SUM TO A STOCKHOLM MERCHANT LAY TOGETHER IN A PICTURESQUE GROUP FAR BEYOND THE REACH OF THE STEAMER ONE BEING A MERE REEF WITH A FRINGE OF FAIRY LIKE BIRCHES AND TWO OTHERS CLIFF BOUND MONSTERS RISING WITH HOODED HEADS OUT OF THE SEA
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