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vol.1 p.87
of the great beauty of the colouring observed on the peak of
Teneriffe. "It's appearance at sun-set, says the author, was
very striking. When the sun was below the horizon, and the
rest of the island appeared of a deep black; the mountain
still reflected his rays, and glowed with a warmth of
colouring, which no painting can express."
The rays of the sun, which are the cause of all colour, no
doubt, produce these tints to the eye; yet we must believe
there is something peculiar in the surfaces of some
mountains, which dispose them to reflect the rays with such
variety of tints. On many mountains these appearances are
not observable; and where the surface is uniform, the tint
will be so likewise. "The effect in question, says Mr. Lock,
remarking on this passage, is very familiar to me. I saw it
almost every evening in Savoy, when the sun shone. It is
only on the tops of the highest mountains, that the effect
is perfect. Mount Blanc being covered with the purest snow,
and having no tint of it's own, was often of the brightest
rose-colour."
Having thus given the mountain a line; filled it with
objects; and spread over it a beau-
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