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carpet of mingled moss and flowers ; the graceful Fern rearing its fronds at 

 his feet, and the sweet-scented Honeysuckle spreading its delicious perfume 

 in the air around. In scenes like this, the mind is raised above this world's 

 cares ; and then it feels how 



" Nature never did betray 

 The heart that loved her ; " 



and how it is 



" her privilege, 

 Through all the years of this our life, to lead 

 From joy to joy; for she can so inform 

 The mind that is within us, so impress 

 With quietness and beauty, and so feed 

 With lofty thoughts, that neither evU tongues, 

 Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, 

 Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all 

 The dreary intercourse of common life. 

 Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb 

 Our cheerful faith, that all that we behold 

 Is full of blessings." 



Fakenham, January, 1855. 



A GLANCE AT THE FEATHEEED RESIDENTS IN, AND VISITANTS 



TO, THE GROUNDS OF TERRICK HOUSE; 



WITH A FEW REMARKS FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION, 



UPON THEIR HABITS AND PECULIARITIES. 



BY STEPHEN STONE, ESQ. 



(Continued from page 6?.) 



Between the two, we discover the nest of the common Linnet. (Linaria 

 cannabina.) This nest is constructed chiefly of very light-coloured fibrous 

 roots, with a few stalks of Galium ; it is extremely well built and neatly 

 lined with hair. Some nests of this species have a peculiar neat appear- 

 ance, while others are very shallow and altogether exhibit a slovenly and 

 careless style of architecture. The eggs are usually five in number; they 

 vary almost as much in colour and markings as those of the .Greenfinch : 

 some specimens are of a pale sea green, without spot ; others of a bluish 

 white, also without spot ; but> those which may be considered characteristic 

 of the species are of a bluish white, or greenish white ground, with reddish 

 spots and specks of two or three different shades, varied also with spots of 

 purplish grey, and an occasional streak of a darker colour: the eggs also vary 

 a good deal in size and shape. This bird begins building about the same 



