[Gutenberg 23188] • Michael Penguyne; Or, Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast

[Gutenberg 23188] • Michael Penguyne; Or, Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast

As the sun rose over the Lizard, the southernmost point of old England, his rays fell on the tanned sails of a fleet of boats bounding lightly across the heaving waves before a fresh westerly breeze. The distant shore, presenting a line of tall cliffs, towards which the boats were steering, still lay in the deepest shade.