. Nature in downland. sion—a belief thatthe one loved spot is in itself in some way betterthan all other places; that the superior beauty, orcharm, or restfulness which the heart finds in thatspot is actually mherent in it. Much more I saidon this subject, and told him that men had beenknown even to die of that malady that had affectedhim, although the scenes for which they had pined 298 NATURE IN DOWNLAND had not been distinguished by beauty or any pecu-Harly attractive quaUty above others. I fancy that after all I did not convince himof his error. I rather hope not. For now when Irecall the
. Nature in downland. sion—a belief thatthe one loved spot is in itself in some way betterthan all other places; that the superior beauty, orcharm, or restfulness which the heart finds in thatspot is actually mherent in it. Much more I saidon this subject, and told him that men had beenknown even to die of that malady that had affectedhim, although the scenes for which they had pined 298 NATURE IN DOWNLAND had not been distinguished by beauty or any pecu-Harly attractive quaUty above others. I fancy that after all I did not convince himof his error. I rather hope not. For now when Irecall the scenes we looked upon together—that wildstream of the Rother; the small old-world peace-ful villages; the hills of so pure and fresh a green,their lower slopes and valleys purple and dark withbeech and pine ; when I find how persistently it allcomes back to me, and how vivid and beautiful theimpression is, I am not quite sure that I was whollyright in my philosophy, and that his delusion wasnothing but a INDEX COMPILED BY MRS. E. HUBBARD Adder, sheep bitten by, 96;spring colouring, 97 ; choice ofa resting-place, 98 ; protectivecharacter of colouring, 98; feel-ing with regard to, 99; tame,99, 100 Adur, scenery west of the, 217-237 ; east of the, 232 Alehouse, village, singing in, 146 Alfred the Great, his traditionalconnection with Ditchling, 187 Alfriston, abundance of swallowsat, 185; tame Cape HornedOwl at, 272; church at, 294 Andredsweald, forest of, 215 Angels Hair, 234 Anne of Cleves, her connectionwith Ditchling, 187 Anvil, thrushes, for breakingsnail-shells on, 60 Arun, scenery west of the, 217;peewits in the valley of, 243 Ashdown Forest, black grouseformerly present in, 84 Asilus, its habits, 62 Associations, early, their perman-ence, 264 Autumn, sudden appearance of,on the downs, 205; vanishingof insect-life in, 209; clearnessof air in, 214, 215; annualmovement of birds in, 238 Avifauna, extirpation of speciesof, in Sussex, 81 Bacon, bats eating, 283, 2
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