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done too often, or it will encourage the growth of mould. 

 The moisture will evaporate and condense on the side of the 

 glass, and run down again to the earth, so that there is very 

 little waste. The plants thus create an atmosphere of their 

 own, and will thrive in it wonderfully. 



One day it was so intensely hot that it was impossible to do 

 anything but lie in the shade. The boys had bathed twice, 

 and the deck planks of the yacht were so burning hot that 



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they could with difficulty stand upon them. They sought a 

 shady corner of the paddock, and there underneath a tall 

 hedge and the shade of an oak they lay, and talked, and read. 

 Frank was teasing Dick with a piece of grass, and to escape 

 him, Dick got up and sat on a rail in the hedge which separated 

 them from the next field, which was a corn-field. This quietly 

 gave way, and Dick rolled into the next field, and lay among 





