Vistas and Landscape 81 



conditions which delight the Transvaal Dutch 

 farmer, so isolated that he cannot see the smoke 

 from his neighbor's chimney nor hear the bark 

 of his neighbor's dog. 



When visiting the home of the Hon. Edwin 

 Morgan, I found that he was having three large 

 trees cut down. It seemed to the unitistructed 

 like vandalism. When asked the reason for sac- 

 rificing these noble trees, nourished and tended 

 for half a century, he answered: "I have many 

 more trees, but I have but one lake — Cayuga — 

 and I must have vistas through which I can 

 watch the white sail, the crested waves, the ever- 

 changing colors of the water as the winds open 

 vistas in the fleecy clouds. I love the trees not 

 less, but the soft reflection of the moonbeams 

 on the rippling wave more, and so the trees 

 must give way." 



The outlook from the vine -covered veranda 

 should be broad and extended. If possible, the 

 hill and dale, the stream and wood, neighbors' 

 houses nestled in plantations of trees and 

 shrubs, all should be in sight. As life advances, 

 I see more and more clearly the effect of that 

 noble lake, its now boisterous now placid sur- 

 face of the rippling water which laved the stony 

 beach. I see its effect on that "tow -headed" lad 

 who at one time breasted the waves, at another 

 sat dreamily casting pebbles into the clear ex- 



