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A slight wind blew from seaward, scattering the dry top soil about like a cloud of gnats, though there were very few actual insects, and no animals that I could see. A SLIGHT WIND BLEW FROM SEAWARD SCATTERING THE DRY TOP SOIL ABOUT LIKE A CLOUD OF GNATS THOUGH THERE WERE VERY FEW ACTUAL INSECTS AND NO ANIMALS THAT I COULD SEE
 as it had appeared from the distance, for the main vegetation was a weakly sprouting grass that was only a few inches high, though not mowed or chewed down. Every few dozen yards there was a single stunted shrub or small tree, or in some cases a group of the same, and the spaces between these was littered with scattered rocks and occasionally a smaller, flowering plant. The topography of the land was mostly flat, though not in the sense of a plain or savanna, instead it was merely a gentle slope, so that the immediate area seemed flat, but in the distance it was seen to rise considerably. There were also a few small hills that were no more than twenty feet high across their whole length, but in the obtuse slopes of the land, even that seemed to be almost mountainous. Brown was the prevailing color of it all for as far as my eye could see, though I cannot say if that condition prevailed inland further, since I had forgotten the telescope, which would probably have proved a useful tool. O BE AS DESOLATE AS IT HAD APPEARED FROM THE DISTANCE FOR THE MAIN VEGETATION WAS A WEAKLY SPROUTING GRASS IT WAS ONLY A FEW INCHES HIGH THOUGH NOT MOWED OR CHEWED DOWN EVERY FEW DOZEN YARDS THERE WAS A SINGLE STUNTED SHRUB OR SMALL TREE OR IN SOME CASES A GROUP OF THE SAME IN THE SPACES BETWEEN THESE WAS LITTERED WITH SOME SCATTERED ROCKS AND OCCASIONALLY A SMALLER FLOWERING PLANT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND WAS MOSTLY FLAT THOUGH NOT IN THE SENSE OF A PLAIN OR SAVANNAH INSTEAD IT WAS MERELY A GENTLE SLOPE SO THAT THE IMMEDIATE AREA SEEMED FLAT BUT IN THE DISTANCE IT WAS SEEN TO RISE CONSIDERABLY THERE WERE ALSO A FEW SMALL HILLS THAT WERE NO MORE THAN TWENTY FEET HIGH ACROSS THEIR WHOLE LENGTH BUT IN THE OBTUSE SLOPES OF THE LAND EVEN THAT SEEMED TO BE ALMOST MOUNTAINOUS BROWN WAS THE PREVAILING COLOR OF IT ALL FOR AS FAR AS MY EYE COULD SEE THOUGH I CANNOT SAY IF THAT CONDITION PREVAILED INLAND FURTHER SINCE I HAD FORGOTTEN THE TELESCOPE WHICH WOULD PROBABLY HAVE PROVED A USEFUL TOOL
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