than  a  thousand  feet  in  depth.  Amone  its  nonir  islands  Isle  Rojnl  is  llio  larem^
being  nearly  of  the  siza  uf  the  atate  of  Connecticut  The  countFyvtonK  tfattWa
iaoneof  the  mostdrearj  imag^nabta  ETeryi^heTeitreurf^oeisrMB^fliM  1m~
but  the  high  hills,  the  rugged  precipices,  and  the  twoky' shores,  with  thetr  apart'
Tegetation,  are  relieved  bv  the  tranHparency  oni]  purity  of  the  waters  that  waiti
their  base ;  these  are  80  clear  that  the  pchbles  can  often  be  distinctly  seen  at  III)
depth  of  thirty  feet.  A  boat  fVeciuendy  appears  ns  if  suspended  in  the  air,  *otnm
parent  is  the  liquitt  upon  which  it  floata.  Among  the  natural  eurionitiea,  the  Pi»
tured  Rooks  and  the  Dorie  Arab,  on  the  touch  shore  near  the  east  end,  Kre  promt
nent  The  drst  are  a  series  of  lofty  hlulfa,  of  n  light  gray  eandslone,  3K  TmI
high,  which  continue  for  twelve  miles  along  the  shore.  They  consist  of  a  gmup
of  overhanging  precipices,  towering  walls,  caverns,  wuterfalts,  and  prostrate  ruioa.
