176 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

no prospect; for their view was shut in by the
forests and mountains all around them. At length,
they came to a piece of road which was level.
The horse began to trot. It was the first time
that he had trotted for nearly half an hour.

“ Here is some level road,” said Lucy. “I’m
glad of it, for now we can go faster.”

“ Yes,” said Robert; “ we’ve got to the height
of land.”

“What is that?” said Lacy.

“Why, the highest place. Pretty soon, we
shall be going down again.” —

They came to the end of the level road pretty
soon, and then began to descend a little; and
presently, at a turn of the road, they came out to
a place where they suddenly had a very extensive
and magnificent prospect opened before them.

“O mother,” said Lucy, “how far we can see!”

“Yes,” said her mother. “Stop a minute,
Robert, and let us look at this prospect.

‘Why, Robert,” said she again, ina moment,
*¢ there is your father’s house!” .

She pointed to a house away before them, very
far down the valley.

«‘ Yes,” said Robert; “we can always see it
from here, very plainly. And I can see this rock
from our yard.”

Robert pointed to a great rocky precipice by
the side of the road, and he said that they once
came and built a fire upon it, and his mother
could see the smoke at their door, very plainly.
Lucy was very much surprised to see how low