" The afternoon was delightful... "

8th, August, 2018

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Coast Trails

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chase, who occasionally expressed the desire to paint,

here, does just that; and, as his particular facility, mixes

emotive description - ' delightful, splendid; ' elegant

literary reference - ' Kiplingesque sort of wind; ' vivid

narrative - ' the gulls strained and screamed, ' and his

always treasured, wry humor as he describes his pony

' rounding up the cattle. ' What a scene to behold and

ponder!

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" The afternoon was delightful, with a clear sun and a Kiplingesque

sort of wind; and Anton, relieved for once of impediments, bethought

himself of his Arizona youth, and was bent upon rounding up the cattle

he saw on the hillsides. The ocean was of a splendid, windy purple,

though far to seaward the fog lay furled along the horizon in a band

of pearly grey. Quail whistled in the brushy gullies, and overhead the

gulls strained and screamed against the wind. "

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