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Why ;ir- li>; ur'. hills purple ? IVcauso we have a blending 

 ..t:n -spheres, the blue and cold mineral atoms of the 

 hill, seen through the rod warm ve^-taLl" at'ins nf th<- vall'-y. 

 Thee!, Alpine glaciers are blue, thus showing the 



mineral nature i' ice and frost. Cobalt blue again, is highly 

 magnetic, a characteristic of mineral matter, only in ani- 

 degr 



Iron when it rusts, becomes red with oxide, thrcmgh the 

 action of vegetable atoms upon it. 



Many more examples migbt bo adduced in support of our 

 assertions, but we think enough has been advanced to establish 

 their truth. 



