ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES, 



ETC. 



LETTER I. 



IXTEODUCTORY. 



Early Influences and EecoUeetions — Sussex — Sketch of 

 the County — The Weald : Its Character and gene- 

 ral Aspect — Sandstone Formation — Picturesque 

 Scenery — The South Downs — Maritime Tract — 

 Chichester Harbour — Selsey BiU — Pagham — Un- 

 frequented District — Hard Weather — Wild Fowl 

 Shooting — Coast to the eastward of Brighton — 

 Chalk Cliffs — Beachy Head — Pevensey Bay — 

 Wilderness of Shingle — An Oasis in a Desert — 

 Principal Pivers in Sussex. 



My dear E. 



I have great pleasure in compl3dng with your 

 request ; the very idea recalls the memory of 

 olden time ; already am I carried back in imagina- 

 tion to those scenes where, besides the instruction 

 exclusively derived from Alma maters we took 

 lessons in practical Ornithology under the aus- 

 pices of dame Nature herself Again, as in by- 

 gone days, are we wandering together over the 



