ioo NATURE NEAR LONDON 



Besides this surface of molten gold there was a sheen 

 and flicker above it, as if a spray or vapour, carried 

 along, or the crests of the wavelets blown over, was 

 also of gold. But the metal conveys no idea of the 

 glowing, lustrous light which filled the hollow by the 

 dusty road. It was visible from one spot only, a few 

 steps altering the angle lessened the glory, and as the 

 pond itself came into view there was nothing but a 

 ripple on water somewhat thick with suspended sand. 

 Thus things change their appearance as they are looked 

 at in different ways. 



A patch of water crowsfoot grows on the farthest side 

 of the pond, and in early summer sends up lovely white 

 flowers. 



