The Badminton Magazine 1896-11: Vol 3 Iss 16 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 73
such a trip there will survive lifelong memories of melancholy plains burnt to a sober russet colour by the summer suns; of hissing rapids and thundering plunges of confused waters ; of the tranquil beauty of placid lakes over which ospreys circle, where on calm evenings trout leap incessantly,… … suddenly vanishing like the baseless fabric of a vision; of moun- tains where the rich repast of wild whortleberries attracts stealthy bears, that batten undisturbed, except on some rare occasion when the fatal lead speeds to finish their last feast; of caribou like gigantic goats rapidly treading…
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