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house, and tall spruce firs. Or far away, miles and 

 miles, the fields of the weald pushed close together by 

 distance till in a surface no larger than the floor of a 

 room there are six or seven farms and a village. Clouds 

 drift over ; it is a wonderful observatory for cloud 

 studies ; they seem so close, the light is so strong, and 

 there is nothing to check the sight as far as its powers 

 will reach. Clouds come up no wider than a pasture- 

 field, but in length stretching out to the very horizon, 

 dividing the blue sky into two halves ; but then every 

 day has its different clouds — the fleets of heaven that 

 arc always sailing on and know no haven. 



