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 the same effect He went up the opposite bank where grows a rare cluster of white pines—seldom seen at this altitude. He took the first high ascent and a new view showed itself; it was amazing how a difference in height of merely twenty feet, perhaps, or but a short distance to right or left brought out new aspects. The bunchberries which when he first arrived had been in blossom bad now shed their petals and were already gathering together the red bunches of beauty that make every open glade glow with scarlet. Blueberries were ripening fast and were a riot of exquisite color in their various stages—pure pink, pinky-blue, misty, bloom-covered blue, hints of lavender,—or almost indigo; what ravishing color! Too fascinating to eat, these luscious little globes! What utterly different things they are up here revelling in the sunshine and warmth, from the products that appear in little china dishes on the supper table or as prosaic little black dots in culinary compounds! The climber sat down by a pecu-