An Evening Walk By The Sea Shore

During our walk along the margin of the sea we enjoy the view of the broad expanse of waters spread out before our eyes an unfailing source of delight to any one capable of appreciating the beauties of nature. For the ocean in all its changeful moods never ceases to be beautiful and is especially beautiful at the hour of sunset. The spectacle presented by the setting sun, as it sinks beneath the ocean wave, is one of the greatest charms of an evening walk by the seashore. In Pakistan, for the greater part of the year, the clouds whose fantastic shapes and brilliant hues add so much to the beauty of an English sunset, are wanting. But even in a cloudless sky when the broad sun is sinking down, in his tranquility and the gentleness of heaven is on the sea, the spectacle presented to the eye is full of calm beauty. For some time after the sun has set, the sky is suffused with delicate tints of color, until the first stars begin to appear on its darkening surface, and day finally gives place to night. In the beginning and the end of the monsoon we have splendid specimens of cloudy sunset, such as surpass the most vivid description given by English poets, and would, if faithfully depicted on canvas, be condemned as exaggerated representations of nature. At this time of year, while the evening sky is still of an intense blue, the clouds are tinged with gold and purple, and all the colors of the rainbow, and the sea beneath repeat the brilliant coloring of the sky and the could above.