. Bird notes . ^ step yet. (To be 178 Sv)Ivau fficautv? anC) eomc 35irt)0. By Geo. E. Weston. •np^HE ripe beauty of the Charnwood Forest is* I ^ repletewith interesting bird-life. The neighbour-ly, hood itself, a succession of beautiful valleysand rich woodlands, is altogether charming,and the old-time villages—with thatched cottages,streaky and mossgrown, and great gardens in whichglorious roses bloom and fade, and yews and holliesof fantastic shape rise strangely up—a delight to theeye. The naturalist may spend many happy hours inthe lovely dell at the southern corner of that n
. Bird notes . ^ step yet. (To be 178 Sv)Ivau fficautv? anC) eomc 35irt)0. By Geo. E. Weston. •np^HE ripe beauty of the Charnwood Forest is* I ^ repletewith interesting bird-life. The neighbour-ly, hood itself, a succession of beautiful valleysand rich woodlands, is altogether charming,and the old-time villages—with thatched cottages,streaky and mossgrown, and great gardens in whichglorious roses bloom and fade, and yews and holliesof fantastic shape rise strangely up—a delight to theeye. The naturalist may spend many happy hours inthe lovely dell at the southern corner of that noblepark containing the ruins of the one-time home ofthe hapless Lady Jane Grey. Along the banks of thelittle tinkling trout-stream, and up the hill-sides,studded with huge boulders of slate and granite andlined with venerable oaks, one sees much that is ofinterest. Here, seated comfortably among the ferns,my back against a rock, I have whiled away many asummer evening. Save the whisper of the wind to thetrees, the world will be drowsily
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