 As sweet a little nook as ever Ulysses mooned away a day in , during his memorable voyage homeward . Though merely a small bay , about a mile in breadth , and curving inland for a mile and a half , it is quite sheltered from all winds save the east , being flanked to the south and west by Haskeval and Hondeval , and guarded on the northern side by a low range of heathery slopes . In this sunny time , the sheep are bleating from the shores , the yacht lies double , yacht and shadow , and the bay is painted richly with the clear reflection of the mountains . 
