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136 which the residences of the inhabitants are mainly built, the neat and cleanly painted cottages, surrounded with the tastefully cultivated gardens, or with their flower-plots in front; and the bright and many varied hues of green foliage that covers the Town Belt; while away in the distance to the north and to the south, lie the cemeteries, each a "God's acre, with its narrow green mounds and pale stone records; and further away still rise the bleak mountain tops, about whose irresponsive peaks amorous white clouds continually creep and cling and nestle in misty adoration.