"the face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book—a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. !

what does the imagery suggest about the narrator’s relationship with his environment?

he is frightened by his surroundings.

he is very knowledgeable of nature’s workings.

he admires nature, but he sometimes feels lonely.

he considers his relationship with nature highly intimate."