The water from this spring flowed down along a little mossy dell, until it reached the brook.

The bed over which this little rivulet flowed was stony, and yet no stones were to be seen.

They all had the appearance of rounded tufts of soft green moss, so completely were they all covered and hidden by the beautiful verdure.
Albert was very much pleased when he discovered this spring, and traced its little mossy rivulet down to the brook.

He thought that Mary Erskine would like it.

So he avoided cutting down any of the trees from the dell, or from around the spring, and in cutting down those which grew near it, he took care to make them fall away from the dell, so that in burning they should not injure the trees which he wished to save.