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the intermediate shades were filled up by the birches, sycamores, 

 elms, chesnuts, and beeches, of which we have so many numerous 

 species in our forests, and the whole was thrown into hvely contrast 

 by a rich intermingling of the deep green in the thick foUage of the 

 pines, spruces, and hemlocks. 



