14M SUNSET FROM CAP D'AN'TIBES. 



in all the clearings, also a charming, silver\'- gre\', 

 liairv, Mediterranean liindweed, Coiivolvitlits altliacoides, 

 Fig. p. !!'•), which was alreach' closing its pink corollas 

 in anticipation of approacliing nightfall. Beside a 

 dilapidated coast-guard shelter on the shore I saw 

 .several plants of the tree Mallo\\- {Aiiviilerd (irliorra. 

 Fig. p. 263). This line Mallo\\- bears a profusion of violet 

 flowers in spring and has the appearance of a small tree. 

 It is not unfrequenth' met \\-ith on the Cap. Tliough not 

 originalh" wild here it is ne\'ertheless thoroughh' establislied, 

 as is the shrubby, glaucous Airiphw Ilaliiniis wliich often 

 forms thick hedges b^• the sea. On the ascent towards the 

 lighthouse I also found a Jasmine ( "/'. frujicai/s, Fig. p. 23,-!), 

 a tall indigenous shrub. Tliose who expect the flowers 

 to be strongh' perfumed \\\\\ be disappointed, for this 

 plant differs from other Jasmins in ha\'ing little scent. 

 As I reached the Chapel on tlie top the sun was about to 

 sink behind the Esterel and bathed the dark blue summits 

 in gold and purple. vSoon the path of the vanished orb 

 could be traced onh' h\ the long strealners of light \\hich 

 radiated from the spot. I was depressed rather than 

 delighted b\- the grandeur of the spectale, for to me it 

 meant tarewell. I turned m\ e\ es to the giant mountains 

 whose phantom (jutlines towered against the eastern sk^'. 

 The^■ were coloured b\ the sunset glow. It \\as a sublime 

 spectacle in which one loses oneself, carried awa^• h\ that 

 immeasurable longing which unites us with the All. 

 Personalit\- was absorbed in tlie powerfiil sentiment of 

 union with the Divine in Nature. Fartlier the sliadows 

 spread and farther on the land: tlie\' climbed the hills. 



