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likeamarineostrich.Thebeachwasadesertofheapsofseaand
stonestumblingwildlyabout,andtheseadidwhatitliked,and
whatitlikedwasdestruction.Itthunderedatthetown,and
thunderedatthecliffs,andbroughtthecoastdown,madly.The
airamongthehouseswasofsostrongapiscatoryflavourthatone
mighthavesupposedsickfishwentuptobedippedinit,assick
peoplewentdowntobedippedintothesea.Alittlefishingwas
doneintheport,andaquantityofstrollingaboutbynight,and
lookingseaward:particularlyatthosetimeswhenthetidemade,
andwasnearflood.Smalltradesmen,whodidnobusiness
whatever,sometimesunaccountablyrealisedlargefortunes,andit
wasremarkablethatnobodyintheneighbourhoodcouldendurea
lamplighter.
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Asthedaydeclinedintotheafternoon,andtheair,whichhad
beenatintervalsclearenoughtoallowtheFrenchco