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MOONLIGHT. 
on the other : moonlight and sunlight blend overhead. 
To the north and south, each keeps its separate do- 
minion. I read the finest print readily. 
" 12 M. Walked out to see the ice. I have no change 
of words left to describe noonday. The sunlight zone 
of color was more light and less bright, perhaps — and 
the moon was more bright and less light, perhaps ; but 
both were there. 
" 1 P.M. The light hardly dimmed ; but the moon 
shines out so emulously, that it is hard to measure the 
sunlight. 
" 2 P.M. It is evidently no longer day, although the 
southwestern horizon is flared with red streaks, and a 
softening of yellow into the blue of heaven says that 
the sun is somewhere below it. The moon has con- 
fused the day ; and coming as she does at this com- 
mencement of our long night, 1 bless her for the grate- 
ful service. I make my four to six hours of daily 
walk, and hardly miss the guidance of day. 
"3 P.M. Moonlight!!" 
