Ordinarily this would be the end of a paragraph. We may call the first
four sentences a "sub-paragraph." The capital letters in "Golden River"
mark the division to the eye, and the emphasis marks the division to the
mind. We do not begin with a new paragraph, simply because the subject
that follows is more closely connected with the first four sentences
than with the paragraph which follows.
Beginning with "It was strange that none of these streams" etc.,
we have two rather short, simple, loose sentences, which introduce us
in a most natural manner to the subject to be presented, and prepare the
way for a very long, somewhat complicated sentence, full of antitheses,
ending with the emphatic words "Treasure Valley." These two words are
to this part of the paragraph what the words "Golden River"
were to the first part; and besides, we see before us the simple,
beautiful picture of the Golden River above the Treasure Valley,
presented in words whose power and grace we cannot fail to appreciate.
The second paragraph goes forward in the most matter-of-course and easy
way. The first sentence is short, but the second is longer, with a
pleasing variation of long and short phrases, and it ends with a
contrast marked to the eye by the italic words "them" and "you.
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