I'm partial to both of them -
"Seen from the shore the sea is very beautiful - streaked with brilliant colors. It is opaque at the edges, mingling the blue of the sky with the shining green of the coco and palm trees on the shore, and fringed with foam - a rainbow fringe. Farther out, it has a pearly lustre. The islands of coco trees, which float in the distance, in a slightly misted, vaporous radiance, have such fresh, delicate shades that one is enchanted by the sight. A slight breeze from the open sea tempers the heat of the town."
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"I was enchanted with the succession of peaks and precipices, torrents and cascades of water, wooded slopes and deep valleys. Water gushed and flowed everywhere, animating everything. It was a wonderful spectacle. A little terrifying too, whenever the train seemed to get close to the edge of the precipice."
Camara Laye
The Dark Child
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