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lakes, fertile lands and savage wastes, sunny 
plains and frigid plateaux. There were the 
most rugged forms and the most graceful 
outlines, bold perpendicular cliffs and gentle 
undulating slopes; rocky mountains and 
snowy mountains, sombre and solemn, or 
glittermg and white, with walls, turrets, pin- 
nacles, pyramids, domes, cones, and spires! 
There was every combination that the world 
can give, and every contrast that the heart 
could desire.” 
These were summer scenes, but the 
Autumn and Winter again have a grandeur 
and beauty of their own. 
“ Autumn is dark on the mountains; grey 
mist rests on the hills. The whirlwind is 
heard on the heath. Dark rolls the river 
through the narrow plain. The leaves twirl 
round with the wind, and strew the grave of 
the dead.” * 
Even bad weather often but enhances the 
beauty and grandeur of mountains. When 
the lower parts are hidden, and the peaks 
stand out above the clouds, they look much 
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