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It winds in and out among the coffee-covered hills, giving us a fine view of the green mountains and the deep valleys below. Looking down we see patches of sugar cane and tobacco; groves of bananas, cocoanut, and palm trees; hedges of strange growth; unknown plants and vines, and fern-covered rocks. Here and there is a rude cabin surrounded by bread-fruit and banana trees.
One of the most charming of these a corner of an old tumbled-up place in Wiltshire, where many things have come and gone represents that moment of transition in which contrast is so vivid as to make it more dramatic than many plays the very youngest throb of spring, with the brown slope of the foreground coming back to consciousness in pale lemon-colored patches and, on the top of the hill, against the still cold sky, the equally delicate forms of the wintry trees.
'Now, said the jackal, 'you go to the well and fetch the water, and I will pour it into the trenches that run between the patches of corn. And as he did so he sang lustily. The work was very hard, but the sheep did not grumble, and by-and-by was rewarded at seeing the little green heads poking themselves through earth. After that the hot sun ripened them quickly, and soon harvest time was come.
Its body hugged the earth in order to expose as little surface as possible to the enemy's fire; it was mottled like a toad in patches of coloring to add to its low visibility, and there was no more hop in it than in the Gila monster. The reason of its being was obvious.
The others no doubt had to sleep in the open air. And now they are busy eating, here, there and everywhere, all over the patches of waste ground and even on the pavements. One can scarcely set one foot before the other without risk of treading on somebody." The meal proved a very gay one, though Pierre found the gaiety forced and excessive.
Observe how the mass of shadow is relieved by the two light holes seen through the inn door. Without this repetition of the white the drawing would lose much of its character. Lastly, Breadth of Effect has to be considered. The color must count together broadly, and not be cut up into patches. It is important to remember that the gamut from black to white is a short one for the pen.
She flung her patches on the floor, amid the old man's laughter, and let her tucked-up hair come down; and then went up and kissed him. "Worthy and reverend Counsellor, I have a favour to ask," she began. "So I should think from your proceedings," the old man interrupted "ah, if I were half my age" "If you were, I would not sue so.
They accordingly set out, and traversing a level district covered with wild date-trees, and here and there large patches of swamp, for a distance of a hundred and thirty miles to the north-east, they reached the banks of the Zambesi, in the centre of the continent.
Nick's hands were secured behind his back, and his feet were tied under the horse from stirrup to stirrup, while his horse was controlled by a lead rope, one end of which was made fast to Yavapai Joe's saddle horn. Patches caught sight of the two under the tree as he came through the gate, but he gave no sign that he had noticed them.
Such heat forebodes a coming storm; and though as yet there were wide patches of blue between the dark rain-clouds low down on the horizon, pale golden masses were rising and scattering with ominous swiftness from west to east, and drawing a shadowy veil across the sky.
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