It was a perpendicular shaft resembling Bunker Hill Monument, and rising from the highest point of the mountain; it appeared of perfect symmetry, and seemed more like a work of art than of nature.

On the same mountain, half way down its side, was a mass of rock with towers and buttresses that likened it to a cathedral.

These formations were specially curious, as there were no more of the kind in the vicinity.

Borasdine observed the rocks soon after I discovered them, and at first thought they were ancient monuments.
There were many birds along the shore.

Very often we dispersed flocks of ducks and sent them flying over islands and forests to places of safety.