so it was. This naturally leads to the wharves where it is shipped North.In the warm evenings it was nice to go with my father downto these wharves and hear the water lapping among the boats. There, in the great warehouses, seated about their grogs, werethe solid men of Matanzas, — red-faced and… … THE HYGROMETER MATANZAS 27 The hardy sea-captain also was not lacking. One night, I, see-ing a block of wood, with a flat piece like a narrow and thinruler set into it, asked what it was. An old captain answeredThems mighty curious things. Once when I was in port in theGulf of Mexico, where I was…
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Painters
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