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Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left St. Louis and permanently moved to western North Carolina. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains. He created 27 journals in which he made copious notes on a variety of topics. Journal 18 (previously known as Journal VI) includes information on weather, steamboats and natural features. Click the link in the Related Materials field to view a table of contents for this journal.I ATMOSPHERE . ATMOSPHERE - Clear. Of Greece. "Sharp shadows, defined as by a needle's point." "Soft and exquisite clearness" of the sunlight. Apparent closeness of the remote. (Hamerton, Landscape, 148.) SKY • .. DAWN. 11 There was little or no morning bank . A brightening came in the east; then a wash o:f some ine:f:fable, :faint, nameless hue between crimson and silver; and then coals o:f :fire . These glimmered awhile on the sea-line, and seemed to brighten and darken and spread out; and still the night and t11e stars reigned undisturbed . It was as though a spark should catch and glow and creep along the foot o:f some heavy and almost incombustible wall-hanging, and the room itsel:f be scarce menaced . Yet a little a:fter, and the whole east glowed with gold and sca~let, and the hollow of heaven was :filled ~ with the dayligl1t • 11 ( stevens on, Ebb Tide, p . 109-110...

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