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N. Stairs leading to the outside of the Building. _a. b._ Sky-lights. _c._ Plaster Dome, on which the sky is painted, _d._ Canvass on which the part of the picture up to the horizon is painted. _e._ Gallery, suspended by ropes, used for painting the distance, and uniting the p...
It was about two o'clock when we arrived at our station on the left of the bay, and anchored. The men were immediately sent aloft to furl the sails, which operation lasted a few...
1. Chapter 1N. Stairs leading to the outside of the Building. _a. b._ Sky-lights. _c._ Plaster Dome, on which the sky is painted, _d._ Canvass on which the part of the picture up to the hor...
3. Chapter 3The song of the _Rice Bird_ is highly musical. Mounting and hovering on the wing, at a small height above the ground, he chants out a jingling melody of varied notes, as if half...
4. Chapter 4Capt. S------, of the ------ regiment, during the American war, was notorious for a propensity, not to story-telling, but to telling long stories, which he used to indulge in de...