. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. TUF SACRKD HIRD 93 —floatinf^ at ease on IjhkuI vans, or rising heavenwards in vast and ever-vaster circles? That is the one object in nature which has the effect of widening the prospect just as if the spectator had himself been miraculously raised to a fjrcater altitude, wiiilc at the same time the blue dome of the sky appears to be lifted to an im- measurable hcij[,dit al)ovc him. The soaring figure reveals to sight and mind the immensity and glory of the visible world. Without it the blue sky can never seem sublime. But the great soaring bi
. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. TUF SACRKD HIRD 93 —floatinf^ at ease on IjhkuI vans, or rising heavenwards in vast and ever-vaster circles? That is the one object in nature which has the effect of widening the prospect just as if the spectator had himself been miraculously raised to a fjrcater altitude, wiiilc at the same time the blue dome of the sky appears to be lifted to an im- measurable hcij[,dit al)ovc him. The soaring figure reveals to sight and mind the immensity and glory of the visible world. Without it the blue sky can never seem sublime. But the great soaring bird is nowhere in our lonely skies, and missing it we remember the reason of its absence and realise what the modern craze for the arti- fically reared pheasant has cost Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. New York, E. P. Dutton
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