The evening telegraph

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It was not until we had rounded Gape Cabroa

and entered the mouth of the bay that the

dingy aspect of the landscape changed, and

we realized something of that tropical luxu

riance and freshness upon which travellers

have loved to dilate. In the distance, we

soon descried, peeping above the horizon, the

roofs of Santa Barbara de Samana, and little

by little the whole scene broke upon us in its

delicious beauty. One by one appeared the'

spreading tops of the palms. The brown hue

of the hills changed to the most brilliant

shades of green, their sides showed here and

there a little patch of farm-land shut in

by waving forest, and over all the country was

a mantle of that soft, beautiful verdure which

we never see at home except after the showers

of early summer. We could appreciate now

the rapture with which Columbus (and we

were sailing so they say in the very track

of the discover sr) painted the beauties of this

island paradise. Close to the shore, in a little

gully through which a stream of water ran

singing to the sea, stood a hut, with rouud

thatched roof and a single window

looking out upon the ooean. Waving

palms shaded it in front and rear; blooming

hills sheltered it from the winds, and close

by was a huge ragged rock against which the

lazy surf beat perpetual music. This perfect

picture was succeeded by views of larger

bouses, with patches of cleared land and

groves of cocoonuts and bananas. There was

a little settlement whose borders reached to

the shore, green and fertile to the very edge

of the sea, while the palms drooped their

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The evening telegraph. (1871). Philadelphia [Pa.], 1871-02-22. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025925/1871-02-22/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The evening telegraph, 1871-02-22.