58 BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS. 



and then, for a time, wheeled and circled overhead, while 

 we enjoyed the exhibition of superb grace and the power- 

 ful ease of his flight — a sight worth walking twenty miles 

 any day to see. In due course we struck the head of a 

 small hill-burn which led towards our destination, and for 

 some six miles followed its stream along heath-clad moors, 

 where the Curlew whistled and Plover piped ; by tumbling 

 cascades, where the rowan scented the breeze and the fox- 

 glove grew in rocky crannies ; by dark pools, where the 

 trout were splashing and playing : a lovely walk in the 

 cool twilight ends a delightful day. 



