the  shore,  ;i  few  miles  south  of  Trinidad  Bay.  \
Btrong  wind  was  blowing,  and  all  ui>  and  down  th<-
shore  a  salty  mist  overhung  th<-  meeting  of  land  and
water.    T<>  the  north  the  <  ain  to  i

crested  with  timber,  and  the  dark  shape  <  >\  1  rii
Head  stood  out  in  firm  outline,  with  .1  glint  of  white
marking  the  lighthouse  on  the  seaward  edj

[nterminable  zi  no*  led  through  miles

of  Btump-land,  where  blackened  b
made  a  dismal  mockery  of  a  forest    lh<-  melan-
choly sky  and  chill  wind
to  the  forbidding  scene,  and  occasional  d
rain  added  a  touch  of  physical  discomfort  to  round
out  the  impression.   I  kept  Anton  movi
pace,  and  by  early  evening  we  came  to  anchor  at
the  little  town  of  Trinidad.  This  was  once  .1  ;
of  more  importance  than  it  i-  al  present.  The
bor,  though  Bmall,  •  I  -  «e,  « ith  deep  -

dose  inshore  and  shelter  from  all  wind  the

southwesterly.  To  the  Spaniards  it  wa

Puerto    Trinidad,    though    little

been  its  use  as  a  port  to  them.   I  san  the  n  m  u
an  old  landing-place,  but  the  Trinid
settled  "ii  n-  k  •   .  ai  d
a  feeble  appeal  to  summei
pretty  one,  with  rocky  and  woi
i  few  Indians  who  1:


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at  the  foot  of  the  bluff  adds  an  element  of  the  squal-
idly picturesque.
