The Story-Book of the Fields 



rain-water which furrow these regions take 

 possession of it and carry it off to the plains. 

 What a worthy subject of our reflection is 

 this production of arable ground by these 

 legions of inferior plants, the obscure labourers 

 indefatigably stripping the rock ! What im- 

 mense results obtained by the simplest 

 means ! 



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