. Chile today and tomorrow . ues. The dark waters,shouldered by tree-clothed mountains, of the Strait ofMagellan, reflect yellow and russet leaf-changes asbright as in the maple woods of Canada. Blue glaciers,pure snow heads and the dehcate green of fern brakesare contrasted with the crimson of wild fuchsias andthe mass of glorious bloom of apple and cherry north, where poplars stand hke tall flamesagainst the background of the hills in the Chileanautumn, and the willows Hne the rivers with gold, allis soft and glowing; but beyond the northern hmits ofvegetation where nothing
. Chile today and tomorrow . ues. The dark waters,shouldered by tree-clothed mountains, of the Strait ofMagellan, reflect yellow and russet leaf-changes asbright as in the maple woods of Canada. Blue glaciers,pure snow heads and the dehcate green of fern brakesare contrasted with the crimson of wild fuchsias andthe mass of glorious bloom of apple and cherry north, where poplars stand hke tall flamesagainst the background of the hills in the Chileanautumn, and the willows Hne the rivers with gold, allis soft and glowing; but beyond the northern hmits ofvegetation where nothing meets the eye but masses oforange mountains that seem hke glowing draperieshung against the unchanging blue sky, there is anextraordinary clarity of line and tint. When the sun descends, quick flushes of pink andyellow, sheets of pale green and violet, flood theburning desert and the deeply scored heights; thereis no movement, no sound, and yet the wide sceneappears instinct with life, to move beneath the wavesof pure
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