. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . andits marshes revealed itself to us, the feel-ings we experienced cannot be put into words ; suchone feels at a first glance through a great telescope, orperhaps when one gazes in wonder upon the distantearth from a balloon. At these times, one is for aninstant outside of his petty personality and a part of,a realizer of, the cosmos. Here on these waters andmarshes we saw, not individuals or flocks, but a uorhlof birds ! Never before had a realization of the untoldsolid l»ulk in numbers of the l»irds of our continentbeen impressed so vividly upon us. And the marv
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . andits marshes revealed itself to us, the feel-ings we experienced cannot be put into words ; suchone feels at a first glance through a great telescope, orperhaps when one gazes in wonder upon the distantearth from a balloon. At these times, one is for aninstant outside of his petty personality and a part of,a realizer of, the cosmos. Here on these waters andmarshes we saw, not individuals or flocks, but a uorhlof birds ! Never before had a realization of the untoldsolid l»ulk in numbers of the l»irds of our continentbeen impressed so vividly upon us. And the marvel ofit all was the more imj^ressive because of its unexpect-edness. A hot, breathless day found our little cavalcadepassing the j)icturesque old cathedral of La Barca. ourhorses hoofs stirring up a cloud of the omnipresentadobe dust. A New England housewife who spendsher life in banishing dust from her home could existin the houses of Mexicans only in a state of insanity. «4 106 ^ ::::::::ag THE MARSHES OF CHAPALA aG::-::. LA BARCA CATHEDRAL. FROM OUR HOTEL WINDOW The unfinished adobe walls beinor nothincr but dust ina slightly hardened state, the least touch inside or outremoves a film of the earth powder. We were surprised to see numerous Barn and White-bellied Swallows about the streets, and our first thoughtwas, when wall these old friends of ours start on theirnorthward journey ? A natural inquiry, but one whichwe occasionally discovered was wholly instance, I watched a Barn Swallow swoop acrossour path, and idly wondered where the summer wouldfind him. I was answered, albeit rather taken aback, <i 107 .^ :::::::🇸🇮 TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO 1^:::::: by observing that his migration, at least, was endedabout five feet farther to the north, where he ahohtedon a ledge of an adobe building and busied himself
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