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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