I.KAVKS IIJd.M MV NOTK-MOOK. 



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;iii .It i|iiiic(I insiinci "I'liilci sdihc lolly Irccs on llic ii|iih)mI(' 

 sitii" ol llu- l.ikc," s;ivs llif .mllioi, "were ;i mimlin nl dnk 

 ohjocls, lioin rij;lity lo ii hiiUilii'ti ; ;mil i)|iinious v.iiictl .1;. lo 

 whctluT tlu\M' iTiMliut's wcyr shfi|) or dcci l\inf; iisU'cp. I'lu'v 

 proved lo !>(• a llot L ol ('mikkIm nci'si-. . I'lu" hints ii'mi 



larly leave llu- waici al 1 cilaiii hours. .\\\A ll) iiilo ihc mirshrs of 

 ' llolkhani Meals ' helwi'en i\\i- paik ami llu^ sen, wheie llie\ lecil 

 hy (la\' wilh Ihe laiuoiis wild groy gci'Se ol llolkliam and iiesl like 

 wiUl hirds in the loiip, hue ol sand lulls lulwieu I lolkliani l!a\ and 

 NN'ells lliirhoui. A IUNU'iT view ol llie lake showeil llie eiioiuioUS 

 i\uuiher of iudi^euous wild fowl llu-ie eolleelcd. ihe ed);c' is as 

 lemihii as ihal ol' ihe I imh', \\ ali 1 in ls.enslu)',lou ( lardeus, aud 

 the ^rass is eroiiped '.lioil wUh llie ;',ia/iu;', ol ihe |.;ei'se. Aliove 

 lies tile \^\'cy palaee nl I lolkhaui I lall, aud llie oiilline ol llie waliT 

 is ns ii'i^ular as di ll ol die llalian window, on die lat^ade ol llu- 

 lion.e \'el llie lowl he as lliiek as ducks Upon a null pond, lhoU]di 

 llie I'.nll'. hoveimi; ovei llic aulaee, 01 lloaliiij', like while hoals 

 aiiiouj^sl the diieks, '.how thai llu:. i:. no home ol hall dome'. I i 

 I aled hirds, hul die i lioseii lesoil ol lowl lioiii ihe .id|at etil le\ils 

 ol the sli.illow iioilheiii sea. in loii^li and sloiius we.illi<i,oi 

 lon^ Irosis, llie line sea ducks visil llii< lake. Hul in mild seasons 

 only iii.illaid:., wid;;eoii, and leal \ iMl the Like. W hen 



disliulied, die whole t omp.ins lose lo iheii leel ,iiid i.in low.uds 

 the walei, Ihe <hiek .iiiil wid);eou liMiij', Willi .1 iiish and ( lallt 1 ol 

 wilij^S, and plim;',iii;; iiilo die tcnlie ol the w.ilei, whil .1 llie Mioly 

 ('ools laii till dii'\' leat lied die walei's edj;e, and llieii l.iiiiK lied 

 ihenisclves m .1 hl.u k lleei aiuou}; llu' f^ay, paili 1 <iloiued (lii< ks. 



rhoU|',li so wild aud wary heyoud the hniil:. ol :.,iniluaiy, 

 ihe hiids are here almost as lame .is those npnii the oiiiaiucnial 

 watiTS ol the I .oiidon p.nks. They stream oil lioiii the h.nik as 

 the vi'.itot .ippioai lies, alijditini', mi the w.iha .il a disl.iiK c ol lilly 

 yards, and I. ike im liutlui nolue ol the iiitiud(i. Ileyoml (he 

 lake is a k'"^^' "' ''*"'' •""' puic. 



Where the ilex^rovc ( nds, a hed ol diied, loii^li i^rass iiinges 

 the water, through whu h .1 narrow lu aien li.n k, made hy r<iol 

 passengers and deei, luns to join the mad at lo.ss the d.iui Some 

 lhi!i|.; U'liK h war, neither grass um hir.hes hlocked this li.u k al die 

 lime (ll the wiiui's visit, apii.ii eiil ly a dense growth dl le.i.-le lops. 



