Happy he who, like Ulysses, has made an adventurous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean - the
inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders.
This shows the immense difficulty in preventing that species of traffic, where there is an
inland communication, and places in a strong light the disadvantages with which the collection of duties in this country would be encumbered, if by disunion the States should be placed in a situation, with respect to each other, resembling that of France with respect to her neighbors.
Through this the picture gave one the suggestion of a colossal impressionistic canvas in greens and browns and scarlets and yellows surrounding the deep blue of the
inland sea--just blobs of color taking form through the tumbling mist.
Nearer and nearer loomed the mainland--a broad, parklike expanse stretching
inland to the foot of a low plateau spread out before them.
Finally we decided to hide the canoe and strike
inland in search of game.
As we came in sight of it we saw Delcarte a hundred yards
inland from the launch, leaning over something which lay upon the ground.
Their wives never came to the island until late in May or early in June, for they did not care to be torn to pieces; and the young two-, three-, and four-year-old seals who had not begun housekeeping went
inland about half a mile through the ranks of the fighters and played about on the sand dunes in droves and legions, and rubbed off every single green thing that grew.
The scientists were far
inland, prosecuting their search for the valuable commodity that native rumor upon the mainland had led them to believe might be found here in marketable quantity.
Monty's furtive glance
inland, his half-frightened, half-cunning denial of any anticipated visit suggested that there was some one else who was interested in his existence, and some one too with whom he shared a secret.
They could not get down to the coast, nor dared they venture too far
inland for fear of the wild bushmen.
For amber, though at times found on the sea-coast, is also dug up in some far
inland soils, whereas ambergris is never found except upon the sea.
Here one might gaze up the green rocky defile through which the Sly made pebbly music, and through which wound romantic walks and natural galleries, where far
inland you might wander