8o THE MARKHOR 



life-giving sunshine. Laughingly mischievous nymphs 

 make love to each other, and modest naiads mirror 

 the pretty femininity of their slender limbs in crystal- 

 clear, silvery pools. What silence, void of man, 

 which tells more than any amount of speech ! 



With intense pleasure I take long breaths of this 

 bracing mountain air and bathe myself with delight 

 in the sweet scents of this Alpine Paradise. 



