. Nature in downland. ly chewing them up apparentlywithout hurt to their tender mouths; but to see horsescontentedly champing seaweed was new to me. Somehorses liked it and some refused to eat it, he told was supposed to be good for them to eat it in modera-tion ; his own opinion was that horses that ate seaweedwere stronger and kept their health better than others. THISTLE-DOWN 19 And so wo talked for half-an-hour, standing in theglorious morning sunshine, the green withdrawing seagrowing smoother by degrees, but far out we could seeit still rough with big rollers, foam-crested; the lit
. Nature in downland. ly chewing them up apparentlywithout hurt to their tender mouths; but to see horsescontentedly champing seaweed was new to me. Somehorses liked it and some refused to eat it, he told was supposed to be good for them to eat it in modera-tion ; his own opinion was that horses that ate seaweedwere stronger and kept their health better than others. THISTLE-DOWN 19 And so wo talked for half-an-hour, standing in theglorious morning sunshine, the green withdrawing seagrowing smoother by degrees, but far out we could seeit still rough with big rollers, foam-crested; the littleringed dotterels and the large grey plover runningabout on the sand and feeding unconcerned near us;the big patient horses standing with masses of wetseaweed glistening at their feet. It was very wonder-ful, and I was happy and laughed with the old carteras we talked; but the thought of Jefiferies, slain beforehis time by hateful destiny, still haunted me, and deepdown beneath my happiness was an ineffable Grey Plover and Ringed Dotterels CHAPTER II CHARM OF THE DOWNS Scope and limits of this work—A general description of the downs—Agreeable sensations ; an inquiry into their causes—GilbertWhites speculations—The pleasures of the downs due to avariety of causes—Their shapely human-like curves—Connec-tion between the senses of sight and touch—Effects of flowingoutlines — Instinctive delight in wide horizons—The desireto fly—Effect of a series of dome-like forms—The joy ofmountains. When I stated, perhaps ignorantly, in the last chapterthat nothing had been done by writers of note or ofgenius for Sussex, the statement did not include worksof a purely scientific description. There is no lack ofhat kind of literature; the geology especially of thegreat range of chalk hills that distinguish this county,and of the Weald, has been treated at very consider-able length. I am not concerned with this aspect of the subject—the framework or skeleton of d
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