IN STRIKING CONTRAST WITH THE HEAVY SHADE AND GLOOMY DEPTHS OF OUR GREAT PINE FORESTS, THE SHADOWS IN THE DENSEST GROWTH OF REDWOODS ARE MADE SOFT AND SEMI-LUMINOUS BY RAYS OF SUNLIGHT PIERCING THE FEATHERY FOLIAGE, GLISTENING THROUGH THE PILLARED GLADES, ILLUMINATING THE WARM BROWN AND SOMBER GRAY TRUNKS OF THESE GRAND TREES AND THIS COMMINGLING OF LIGHT AND SHADE GIVES TO DAYLIGHT IN THE REDWOODS A PECULIAR SOFTNESS IN KEEPING WITH THE STILLNESS OF THE SCENE.