Excerpt from Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The North Cliff, which encloses the bay on one side, has along its crest, and extending down to the water's edge, a ruined, old, machicolated wall, which adds not a little to the general picturesqueness. At its foot the larger ships and craft lie gathered in safety, protected by a solid breakwater of masonry. To the south, the cliffs extend one after another down the coast, until they are lost in the distance. And now comes the finest feature of all. In the centre of the amphitheatre, and parting the cliffs to the very sands on the beach, is a broad gorge, or ravine, extending up and back through the town, and far inland. This is exquisitely laid out as a public valley park, with clustering, dense shade-trees, which afford delightful cool retreats amongst flowers and velvety lawn. This ravine is crossed by two lofty, airy, ornamental, 1ron viaducts, which connect the two parts of the town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.