The money that we found in our sacks we brought again to thee from the land of Canaan, and how may it follow that we should steal any gold or silver from the house of thy lord?

Now Spain ultimately became poor, in spite of the influx of gold and silver from the American mines, because industries of all kinds declined.

But there are likewise trees whose own yellow and red blossoms resemble the most beautiful flowers; while there are others whose great white leaves stand out like silver from the surrounding mass of flowery green.

[Illustration: THE GREAT INFLUX OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM THE NEW WORLD CAUSED AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES (1549).]

His eyes caught a gleam of silver from the crest of the fourth ridge that he crossed, and he knew it was a ray of sunlight striking upon the waters of the lake.