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Title: Brooklyn Museum Quarterly
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Brooklyn museum quarterly
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Publisher: Brooklyn
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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likely refers tothe numerous tide pools and to the caves at the base of thehigh, sandstone cliffs. The entrance and interior of thecaves have been sculptured into fantastic arches and columnsby the ceaseless action of the sea. The walls covered with agrowth of microscopic plants are a bright pink. In thegloom of deeper recesses are pools with clusters of beautifulsea-anemones displaying delicate shades of heliotrope andcream instead of the purple and green of their kind living inthe bay. Above the caves, securely glued to the rocks, are hun-dreds of the round nests of cliff swallows, while gulls, ternsand cormorants find favorite roosting places on the ledgesprojecting from the face of the cliffs. The gulls, under pro-tective bird laws, have become fearless, and it is a pastime onthe shore to feed them out of hand. The portion of the bay near the cliffs is known as themarine garden, and here, as in Santa Catalina, Bermuda andthe Bahamas, the wonders of the sea are shown and admired IS
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