Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
under water, whereneither wind nor wave could reach them. As forthe fills, they stood the ordeal splendidly. Thewaves wrestled long and vigorously with thesmooth marl beaches, but when the ocean finallyVol. XLI.—31. acknowledged its defeat and calmed down, it hadmade little impression on them. But… … THAT EIGHT-INCH HOSE LASHED AROUND LIKE THE TAILOF A HARPOONED WHALE. Wooden piles driven into rock ! I gasped. Yes, like everything else in this queer place,the rock is very peculiar. It is a sort of coralinelimestone that has a hard crust, but underneathis quite soft. What they did was to punch…
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