Charles Eliot, landscape architect, a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good (1902)
past Long Is-land and by Long LedgeBuoy up Somes Sound.Fine run up the Sound.Shopping at Somesville.Beat down the Sound,and being caught byflood tide and cahn an-chored off FernakisPoint. Mounted Fer-nalds Hill [Flying Mt.]in evening. Superb view. Aug. 4. Got underway at about 9 a. m.Light air to… … Off Portsmouth, N. H. A certain felicity of expression is already apparent, andparticularly his choice of simple words that fit. As the Sunshine was constantly visiting bays, rivers, andharbors previously unknown to all on board, and as It wasnot her custom to take a pilot, she was directed by the…
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 · Landscape architecture
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