. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Mountain Finch CHAPTER II Cardinal: the Story of My First Caged Bird A ONCE familiar but long unheard sound coming un- expectedly to us will sometimes affect the mind as it is occasionally affected through the sense of smell, re- storing a past scene and state so vividly that it is less like a memory than a vision. It is indeed more than a vision, seeing that this is an illusion, something ap- parently beheld with the outer or physical eyes; the other is a transformation, a return to that state—that forgotten self—which was lost for ever, y
. Adventures among birds. Birds -- Great Britain. The Mountain Finch CHAPTER II Cardinal: the Story of My First Caged Bird A ONCE familiar but long unheard sound coming un- expectedly to us will sometimes affect the mind as it is occasionally affected through the sense of smell, re- storing a past scene and state so vividly that it is less like a memory than a vision. It is indeed more than a vision, seeing that this is an illusion, something ap- parently beheld with the outer or physical eyes; the other is a transformation, a return to that state—that forgotten self—which was lost for ever, yet is ours again; and for a glorious moment we are what we were in some distant place, some long-vanished time, in age and fresh- ness of feeling, in the brilliance of our senses, our wonder and delight at this visible world. 12. 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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