. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. RESORT OF THE PEE-WIT. waste and solitary places; so that though mournful, there is no harsh sense of inharmoni- ousness.* If, indeed, as the poet says, "in nature there, is nothing melancholy," it must be because of these nice and often unnoticed ad- justments of sound to circumstances, and of circumstances to sound, curlews in their V- like order. We can scarcely imagine lap- wing or curlew mak- .--?. ing home in the leafy coppice or green wood, not to speak of the richly cultivated park or garden. No
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. RESORT OF THE PEE-WIT. waste and solitary places; so that though mournful, there is no harsh sense of inharmoni- ousness.* If, indeed, as the poet says, "in nature there, is nothing melancholy," it must be because of these nice and often unnoticed ad- justments of sound to circumstances, and of circumstances to sound, curlews in their V- like order. We can scarcely imagine lap- wing or curlew mak- .--?. ing home in the leafy coppice or green wood, not to speak of the richly cultivated park or garden. Nothing will better bring before you than curlew. * The French naively name them dix-huit (dees-weet), from their cry. And there go bands of. 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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