132 SYLVAN WINTER. 



As it approaches the zenith, the moon gains in 

 impressiveness, growing more bright, paling the 

 blue of the sky, and giving beautiful and striking 

 effects to great banks of floating cloud, which, 

 dark in its centre, is brilliant in its silver lining. 

 The variety in the size of clouds, too, and the 

 various distribution of cloud masses, help to give 

 effects of great beauty. 



