. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. A SUMMEE RAMBLE ON CHEVIOT. 57 only broken by abrupt black crags and ridges of porpbyry. Tbe College burn springs from tbe bowels of the abyss, and its wild, romantic valley lies full in view far below, terraces of ancient moraines and banging woods impending tbe stream. Overbead croak a pair of Ravens, mere dots in tbe azure beigbt, and an old Blackcock speeds away, disturbed by a boulder we send leaping and crashing downward into the depths below. We have over a dozen miles to t
. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. A SUMMEE RAMBLE ON CHEVIOT. 57 only broken by abrupt black crags and ridges of porpbyry. Tbe College burn springs from tbe bowels of the abyss, and its wild, romantic valley lies full in view far below, terraces of ancient moraines and banging woods impending tbe stream. Overbead croak a pair of Ravens, mere dots in tbe azure beigbt, and an old Blackcock speeds away, disturbed by a boulder we send leaping and crashing downward into the depths below. We have over a dozen miles to tramp home, and the shadows lengthen. The steep slopes we traverse are now. "WHERE ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND DIVIDE. all orange and gold, with the bright-tipped leaves of the bleaberry aglow in the evening sunlight. This quasi-Alpiue shrub here entirely displaces the heather, and we noticed the bright yellow flowers of the tormentilla, like a small butter- cup, and a few tufts of saxifrage. Perhaps from an ornitholo- gist's point of view the most interesting event of the day was the sight of a Peregrine Falcon : this noble bird had evidently been resting on a pinnacle of some bold crags which lay in our course, and dashed out from below with a loud, oft- repeated scream. In a few seconds he was up in the clouds,. 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 Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London : Gurney and Jackson
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