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I see the camel, the wild steed, the bustard, the fat-tailed
sheep, the antelope, and the burrowing
wolf.
 
21.I see the high-lands of Abyssinia,
I see flocks of goats feeding, and see the fig-tree,
tamarind, date.
And see fields of teff-wheat, and see the places of
verdure and gold.

22.I see the Brazilian vaquero,
I see the Bolivian ascending Mount Sorata,
I see the Wacho crossing the plains—I see the
incomparable rider of horses with his lasso on
his arm,
I see over the pampas the pursuit of wild cattle for
their hides.

23.I see little and large sea-dots, some inhabited, some
uninhabited;
I see two boats with nets, lying off the shore of Paumanok,
quite still,
I see ten fishermen waiting—they discover now a
thick school of mossbonkers—they drop the
joined seine-ends in the water.
The boats separate—they diverge and row off, each
on its rounding course to the beach, enclosing
the mossbonkers,
The net is drawn in by a windlass by those who stop
ashore.
Some of the fishermen lounge in the boats—others
stand negligently ankle-deep in the water, poised
on strong legs,