THE SACRED BIRD 93 



the blue dome of the sky appears to be lifted to an 

 immeasurable height above him. The soaring figure 

 reveals to sight and mind the immensity and glory 

 of the visible world. Without it the blue sky can 

 never seem sublime. 



But the great soaring bird is nowhere in our lonely 

 skies, and missing it we remember the reason of its 

 absence and realise what the modern craze for the 

 artificially reared pheasant has cost us. 



