AN IMPRESSION OF AXE EDGE 123 



in the appearance of the bilberry bushes, growing 

 everywhere in dense patches among the heather. 

 They had now put on their first leaves and they were 

 like the young leaves of the oak in spring 



Against the sun shene — 

 Some very red and some a glad light grene. 



And this wild place was a habitation of birds, and 

 these were the people I had come to see and listen 

 to, who were, indeed, more to me than the human 

 inhabitants. 



