"I'm in favor of it!"

"And I!"

"And I!" cried one and another, while Mr. Dinsmore replied, laughingly,
to his wife, "Provided you don't find the waves actually rolling over
you, I suppose, my dear. Well, the captain's description is very
appetizing so far, but let us hear what more he has to say on the
subject."

"Haven't I said enough, sir?" returned the captain, with a good-humored
smile. "You will doubtless want to find some things out for yourselves
when you get there."

"Are there any mountains, papa?" asked little Grace. "I'd like to see
some."

"So you shall, daughter," he said; "but we will have to go elsewhere
than to Nantucket to find them."

"No hills either?" she asked.

"Yes, several ranges of not very high hills; Saul's Hills are the
highest; then there are bluffs south of 'Sconset known as Sunset
Heights; indeed, the village itself stands on a bluff high above the
sandy beach, where the great waves come rolling in. And there is 'Tom
Never's Head.' Also Nantucket Town is on high ground sloping gradually
up from the harbor; and just out of the town, to the north-west, are the
Cliffs, where you go to find surf-bathing; in the town itself you must