SEA AND SKY AND WAVING GREEN 
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above, and toueli the moss, ivy, Ferns, and creepers beneath, 
whilst again golden sunshine, filtered through the canopy of 
green, glints upon them. 
Upwards and onwards still, our lane continues, now 
widening as it passes under arching shrub and spreading- 
tree, and as it momentarily opens up coming under the 
genial influence of richer gleams of sunlight ; now narrow- 
ing under deeper shade of spreading boughs, and richer 
depth, and greater wealth of living green ; but still ascend- 
ing. Now our com-se appears, a few yards from where 
we stand, to terminate in an open grassy glade, bathed in 
golden sunbeams. We pass to this open spot through the 
lingering shadows of shrub and tree ; when lo ! we find it is 
but a freak of our charming avenue, which at this point 
turns so abruptly round to the right as to hide its course 
from view from the point whence we looked at it. 
But an opening on our left and a gateway in the hedge- 
gap tempts us to pause for a moment, to catch a peep at the 
beautiful outlook which this point suggests. We pass 
through the gateway and ascend the sloping sides of an open 
meadow. Arrived at its highest point we can command a 
charming view of land and water. Seawards nearly the 
whole of Torbay is opened up before our view. Looking 
from our stand-point to the north-east we see Paignton 
lying away below us, its scattered houses partly screened by 
trees. If we look to the right of the town, across a green 
extent of undulating meadows, divided by green hedges 
topped by tall elms, we can see the heights of Torquay — 
the green mantle of its hills relieved by the white sides of 
its scattered villas. Midway between Paignton and Torquay 
the line of sandstone cliffs, forming a bend in the bay, beau- 
tifully contrasts with the blue sea and with the villa-crowned 
hills of Torquay. 
Taking now a sweeping view from north-east to north- 
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