Passing up the valley exactly parallel with the distant cliffs, was a broad and mirror-like expanse of water. The air seemed full of squadrons of great birds, manoeuvring in stately curves.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_R._Paul" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frank R. Paul"><span title="American science fiction illustrator">Frank R. Paul</span></a>
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