FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



its fine definition and stereoscopic ef- 

 fects and the depth and perspective of 

 its long vistas. 



On the crest of the mountain, where, 

 from the valley below, the early sun- 

 light is first seen to break through, the 

 trees, standing apart, do not appear so 

 much like a forest as like a congrega- 

 tion of individuals, each with an identity 

 of its own. Indeed, there among the 

 fierce gales of autumn and winter each 

 shapes its own life in a glorious inde- 

 pendence, expressive in the knotty, 

 twisted boles and the picturesque 

 crowns. But in summer the breezes 

 strain through the foliage with the 

 lethargic sound of the ocean surge; or 

 a halcyon stillness reigns under a deep 

 blue, cloudless sky. 



Large old trees, these, with a history, 

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