. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. XIII. A SCOTTISH TROUT HAT a delightful thing it is to wander, as we have often done, alike in Perthshire and In- verness, on Deeside and Tweedside, and in Rachan Valley, about the hills that line Loch Long, by the borders of Gare- loch and Roseneath Hill, and far up in the famed Glenesk, and follow the course of a tiny stream leaping down the hill side, now heady and impetuous, now dropping into little pools or basins, boulder-walled, all the waterside waving with ferns and wild flowers, and bright with
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. XIII. A SCOTTISH TROUT HAT a delightful thing it is to wander, as we have often done, alike in Perthshire and In- verness, on Deeside and Tweedside, and in Rachan Valley, about the hills that line Loch Long, by the borders of Gare- loch and Roseneath Hill, and far up in the famed Glenesk, and follow the course of a tiny stream leaping down the hill side, now heady and impetuous, now dropping into little pools or basins, boulder-walled, all the waterside waving with ferns and wild flowers, and bright with mosses, not a nook but has its greenery, spray re- freshed, hawthorns, the mossy birches, and firs and mountain ashes and elders, hanging on the sides of the little chasm, nodding to each other, their branches in many places meeting overhead; and everywhere the songs of birds making chord with the sweet tinklings and lullabies of that little thread of water; wild pigeons, mountain-pipits, and water-ousels com- ing to the pools to drink. This last is truly a pretty. 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 Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905. New York, Macmillan & Co.
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