The fresh green foliage of the trees sparkled with glittering dewdrops.

Back of him rose the high ridges, and, in front, as far as eye could reach, extended an unbroken forest.
Beneath him to the left and across a deep ravine he saw a wide level clearing.

The few scattered and blackened tree stumps showed the ravages made by a forest fire in the years gone by.

The field was now overgrown with hazel and laurel bushes, and intermingling with them were the trailing arbutus, the honeysuckle, and the wild rose.
A fragrant perfume was wafted upward to him.

A rushing creek bordered one edge of the clearing.