23/30 Beyond the elevation the channel spread out fan-fashion, creating a funnel-like bay or inlet from the sea. There was no other land in sight. As far as the eye could reach with the aid of lenses there was nothing but water, a mighty waste of water. The wind, which had veered around to the south, was cold and dry. A curving beach of almost snowy whiteness extended for a mile or so along the northern shore, about half way between the entrance to the channel and the eastern point of land. |