. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter VIII. OUND carries wonderfully through the unvexed hush of a farmland night. As dusk deepens to thick dark- ness the stillness of woods and fields becomes impres- sive. Night noises break up the stillness as a stone dropped into a pool breaks up its glassy surface. Joe loved to listen for the night noises. He thought if he should go to sleep, and wake suddenly months afterward, he would know the season by the night sounds. The sounds made a sort of aural calendar. Every month had its own, and every sort of weather. Sum
. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter VIII. OUND carries wonderfully through the unvexed hush of a farmland night. As dusk deepens to thick dark- ness the stillness of woods and fields becomes impres- sive. Night noises break up the stillness as a stone dropped into a pool breaks up its glassy surface. Joe loved to listen for the night noises. He thought if he should go to sleep, and wake suddenly months afterward, he would know the season by the night sounds. The sounds made a sort of aural calendar. Every month had its own, and every sort of weather. Sum- mer sounds were so many they blurred and blended; so did those of the full springtime. Upon winter nights the noises were littleislands set in washing seas of silence, unless the wind blew very hard. Fall nights were vocal, but the voices were always distinct, rising with clean-cut cadences, and dying as they 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 McCulloch-Williams, Martha, b. ca. 1857. New York, McClure, Philips & Co.
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