AUDUBON 
TUE NATURALIST IN THE NEW WORLD, 
CHAPTER I. 
A RARE combination of beauty with gran- 
deur characterizes the aspects of Creation 
in the New World. Varied as they are, yet 
ever peculiarly rich and often sublime, it would 
seem indeed as though nature had designed to 
cast this her favoured. land in a fresh mould of 
marvellous beauty. 
Widely differing in its features, the American 
territory, from the charm of its contrasted scenes 
offers equal attractions to the most antagonistic 
lovers of the beautiful. There are vast forests, 
roofed with dense foliage, the lofty stems in their 
delicious retreats, interlaced with numberless 
vines, or gaily crowned with perfumed flower 
garlands. Brilliant blossoms of every hue and 
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