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house, and tall spruce firs. Or far away, miles and 
miles, the fields of the weald pushed close together by 
distance till in a surface no larger than the floor of a 
room there are six or seven farms anda village. Clouds 
drift over; it is a wonderful observatory for cloud 
studies ; they seem so close, the light is so strong, and 
there is nothing to check the sight as far as its powers 
will reach. Clouds come up no wider than a pasture- 
field, but in length stretching out to the very horizon, 
dividing the blue sky into two halves; but then every 
day has its different clouds—the fleets of heaven that 
are always sailing on and know no haven. 
