. The bird. Birds. THE STUDY OF NATUHE. 21 'MJy remote summits of the Pyrenees, which were visible in clear weather. The young elm-trees of our own France, mingled with American acacias, rose-laurels, and. 1^? young cypresses, interrupted its full flood of light, and 'vXty'- transmitted to us a softened radiance. '-^'Wv 'â 'â On our right, a thicket of oaks, inclosed with a fwi) dense hedge, sheltered us from the north, and from the |M|\ keen wind of the Cantal. Far awa}'-, on the left, swept v/l^ the green meadows and the corn-fields. Through the \t$^ broom, and in the shade of some tall tree
. The bird. Birds. THE STUDY OF NATUHE. 21 'MJy remote summits of the Pyrenees, which were visible in clear weather. The young elm-trees of our own France, mingled with American acacias, rose-laurels, and. 1^? young cypresses, interrupted its full flood of light, and 'vXty'- transmitted to us a softened radiance. '-^'Wv 'â 'â On our right, a thicket of oaks, inclosed with a fwi) dense hedge, sheltered us from the north, and from the |M|\ keen wind of the Cantal. Far awa}'-, on the left, swept v/l^ the green meadows and the corn-fields. Through the \t$^ broom, and in the shade of some tall trees, flowed a y^h^ brookletâa thin thread of limpid water, defined against v|pf, the evening horizon by a small belt of haze which ran fi^ft"^ along its border. j V " The climate is intermediate. In the valley, which ^^^ is that of the Tarn, and which shares the mildness of ji? otherwise than grave and melancholy in itself, and it 'j\^v tM^ impressed these feelings on all about it. My father, ^U^ ''l';]!"^' though lively and agreeable, was a man already aged, ^/^^ ''i âº( and of uncertain health. My mother, young, beautiful, . -X 1 \ austere, had the queenly bearing of the North American, ' * ^ with a prudence and an active economy very rare in Creoles. The estate which we occupied formerly belonged. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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