Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


"It's great," he said sympathetically. "I wouldn't trade a square
mile of this kind of country for the whole Sacramento Valley,
with the river islands thrown in and Middle River for good
measure. If they ain't deer up there, I miss my guess. An' where
they's springs they's streams, an' streams means trout."


They passed a large and comfortable farmhouse, surrounded by
wandering barns and cow-sheds, went on under forest arches, and
emerged beside a field with which Saxon was instantly enchanted.
It flowed in a gentle concave from the road up the mountain, its
farther boundary an unbroken line of timber. The field glowed
like rough gold in the approaching sunset, and near the middle of
it stood a solitary great redwood, with blasted top suggesting a
nesting eyrie for eagles. The timber beyond clothed the mountain
in solid green to what they took to be the top. But, as they
drove on, Saxon, looking back upon what she called her field, saw
the real summit of Sonoma towering beyond, the mountain behind
her field a mere spur upon the side of the larger mass.

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