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thing to interrupt the astonishing and perfect uniformity of the monotonous scene before us. The plain contained neither tree, shrub, nor flower, but was wholly covered with a beautiful green grass, all of one species, without any other kind of herb. A profound calm, au eternal silence. reigned in this vast solitude; where not a bird nor an insect could be seen, and where the sky was always of a perfect blue, without a cloud.
The first aspect of this immense plain produced a most agreeable sensation: struck with admiration, I stood motionless in a trance of rapture.
I am quite charmed, said the fairy, to find you arc so pleased with the scene; it ought naturally to calm the too great susceptibility of a warm imagination; but this effect can only be hoped from time and meditation; wherefore, I would have you remain here, where you will never find. the least change; the heavens will always be equally serene, never will they be obscured by the least cloud; you will have neither night nor marring, no
