. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . THE FAIRY RINGAND THE FAIRY January i2tJi HE rabbits, mice, and birds all leave theirown peculiar and unmistakable autographs—their hands and seals—in the snow,but they are not responsible for all the sin-r^ gular hieroglyphics to be seen on this great\ ^ white page. The wind often takes a hand,and after a light, fresh snow-fall plays prettypranks with the drooping stems of some of thewithered grasses; a single grass-blade underthe influence of varying playful breezes tracinga puzzling variety of inscript
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . THE FAIRY RINGAND THE FAIRY January i2tJi HE rabbits, mice, and birds all leave theirown peculiar and unmistakable autographs—their hands and seals—in the snow,but they are not responsible for all the sin-r^ gular hieroglyphics to be seen on this great\ ^ white page. The wind often takes a hand,and after a light, fresh snow-fall plays prettypranks with the drooping stems of some of thewithered grasses; a single grass-blade underthe influence of varying playful breezes tracinga puzzling variety of degrees of proficiency are exhibited by thesequeer writings; some being clusters of eccentric touch-es, cutting the snow in odd lines, like stenographicnotes, as it were, made by our artist on the spot, asthough quickly jotting down some racy incident of furrylife which was passing at the moment. I have seenthese queer inscriptions on the fresh-fallen snow when Iwas utterly at a loss to explain their origin, until thethought of the wind suggested a clew, and by bendin
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