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BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 



And would that some English Hokusai would paint a 

 characteristic panel of wagtails in their beautiful coursing 

 flight, with fan-spread tails, across a lush marsh, yellow with 

 kingcups and rosy with the ripe crop of the water-grass, 

 and send it to me to keep and treasure as a joy for ever. 



THE HAUNT OF THE WAGTAIL. 



