What I then noticed was the vast and wondrous display of all the glories of nature that burst at once upon my view.

There was that same boundless sea, rising up high toward the horizon, as I had seen it before, and suggesting infinite extent.

There were the blue waters breaking into foam, the ships traversing the deep, the far-encircling shores green in vegetation, the high rampart of ice-bound mountains that shut in the land, making it a world by itself.

There was the sun, low on the horizon, which it traversed on its long orbit, lighting up all these scenes till the six-months day should end and the six-months night begin.
For a long time I stood feasting my eyes upon all this splendor, and at length turned to see whether Almah shared my feelings.

One look was enough.