. Birds through the year . BLUE TIT ABOUT TO FEED [TS A. W. Seaby. THE ENDED TRUCE 225 heat of a big town one August day, and awaked the nextmorning within call of the grouse, will believe that sport isthe master cause of this exodus. What is it steels the sportsmans heart?It is the conscious pride of art. No one can with honesty deny the power of sport overEnglish people ; and grouse-driving probably comes first inattractiveness and reputation. But August is a period when. an elemental force drives us away from towns to the sea orthe moor, which has the scope and range of the sea
. Birds through the year . BLUE TIT ABOUT TO FEED [TS A. W. Seaby. THE ENDED TRUCE 225 heat of a big town one August day, and awaked the nextmorning within call of the grouse, will believe that sport isthe master cause of this exodus. What is it steels the sportsmans heart?It is the conscious pride of art. No one can with honesty deny the power of sport overEnglish people ; and grouse-driving probably comes first inattractiveness and reputation. But August is a period when. an elemental force drives us away from towns to the sea orthe moor, which has the scope and range of the sea. Andthe pleasure of a first day in the haunts of the grouse,whether the birds be few or many, is like no other is changed and the scale of things is may see a golden eagle ranging the slope, and happilythe eagle is becoming once again a frequent bird. You maysee the red deer, the wildest and shyest of all animals in theworld. The tiger is tame compared with him. The smellof the bog-myrtle, where the dry moor degenerates in a hag, (1,92a ~ 2q 226 SUMMER sets going by its single influence a new train of moors are the right place for the human tribe in August;but they are perhaps even better worth a visit in July, andwithout a gun. The few birds that live in coveys arepeculiarly worth observation; and you may see such astruggle for life and survival of the fittest as does not appearin the south. The grouse no doubt flourishes very muchmo
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