. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. A Pleasant Seat. 123 business on hand, which indeed he has, and that is to keep himself alive—the only one we have seen on our morning journey—with his exquisitely coloured neck and throat and velvety back. They are not tolerated in our region, having such a bad repute for eating fruit-buds, and in the early spring it moved me to see little strings of them brought in by the young farmers just to show what execution they had done, as I could. not help thinking of the floods of music prematurely silenced—but that w
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. A Pleasant Seat. 123 business on hand, which indeed he has, and that is to keep himself alive—the only one we have seen on our morning journey—with his exquisitely coloured neck and throat and velvety back. They are not tolerated in our region, having such a bad repute for eating fruit-buds, and in the early spring it moved me to see little strings of them brought in by the young farmers just to show what execution they had done, as I could. not help thinking of the floods of music prematurely silenced—but that was not likely to weigh much with them. Here we are at a little fence on which I often sit as I pass, just to watch the effect of the first kindling rays of the sun on a bit of water. What a fair world is mirrored there the moment the sun looks in! The little stagnant deep mirrors wondrous heaven with softer sky, clouds already edged with fire, and fleecy. 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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