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every aspect. The varied hues and forms of the 

 different trees, each possessing its own distinctive 

 character, are so beautifully blended by Nature 

 as to set at naught all the imitations of Art. 

 Here a crowd of interesting objects may be 

 embraced at a glance, on every side forming 

 vignettes such as Turner loved to delineate. 

 Yes, my gentle reader, the forest has indescribable 

 charms which grow round the heart, but he must 

 live long with Nature who would understand her 

 mysterious signs, hidden ways, and ever-changing 

 face, or interpret the wild voices of the woods 

 a language which none save the long-initiated 

 can read. 

 The Ever- The hunter, after a long sojourn in 



changing Face 



of Nature. these solitudes, gets accustomed to 

 observe the minutest change; nothing escapes 

 his keen observation, and by degrees, with close 

 attention, he begins to trace the cause by the 

 effect, and to study the regular, harmonious, and 

 systematic laws of Nature. Then he never suffers 

 from lassitude, gets disheartened, or is cast down 



