. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Hedge Warbler CHAPTER XXI The Marsh Warbler's Music From Wells I went on to Bristol and thence to Chep- stow, where, a few miles out, I hoped to find one of my rare birds, but on enquiry discovered that it had long vanished from this haunt. There was nothing for me but to extract what pleasure I could from the castle, the valley of the Wye, and Tintern Abbey. At Chep- stow, a small parasitic town much given to drink, I saw two wonderful things, which the guidebook writers probably do not notice—a walnut tree and an ivy tree, both growing in
. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Hedge Warbler CHAPTER XXI The Marsh Warbler's Music From Wells I went on to Bristol and thence to Chep- stow, where, a few miles out, I hoped to find one of my rare birds, but on enquiry discovered that it had long vanished from this haunt. There was nothing for me but to extract what pleasure I could from the castle, the valley of the Wye, and Tintern Abbey. At Chep- stow, a small parasitic town much given to drink, I saw two wonderful things, which the guidebook writers probably do not notice—a walnut tree and an ivy tree, both growing in the castle. The first must be one of the finest walnut trees in the country: one of its enormous horizontal branches measured eighteen yards from the trunk to the end; the branch on the opposite 204. 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 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. New York, E. P. Dutton
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