. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. FOX-FIRE 15. fox-fire " or ghost- gence until the next even- ing, but it had entirely dis- appeared by the following night, at which time its original haunt, the post, was also doubtless lost darkness. A week again passed its ne hood in the late hours without the slio;htest hint of its presence. This is the mysterious fire" which has so imposed upon the imagina- tions of credulous country folk the world over, doubtless a conspicuous factor in many a har- rowing tale in the leg


. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. FOX-FIRE 15. fox-fire " or ghost- gence until the next even- ing, but it had entirely dis- appeared by the following night, at which time its original haunt, the post, was also doubtless lost darkness. A week again passed its ne hood in the late hours without the slio;htest hint of its presence. This is the mysterious fire" which has so imposed upon the imagina- tions of credulous country folk the world over, doubtless a conspicuous factor in many a har- rowing tale in the legendary or traditional lore of spooks and goblins. I remember the breathless interest with which as a boy I listened to the weird s t o r }', whose scene was located not far from my na- tive town, of a. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers


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