CHAPTER V 



PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE 



T71ELSENGARTEN, as I have said, is 

 -*- situated halfway up the slope of a 

 mountain. The cottage stands on a broad 

 terrace in a large clearing which we pur- 

 posely keep free of trees in order to 

 command the full sweep of the superb 

 mountain, view to which I alluded in a 

 former chapter. The Wise Ones tell us 

 that the view would look better, the 

 mountains higher, and their colouring 

 brighter, if we would interrupt the hori- 

 zon here and there with a splendid tree. 

 But to me its greatest charm is that I 

 can see the whole stretch of eastern sky 

 clear and free, without having to crane 

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