98 ON=THE MOORLANDS IN JUNE 
that pussy’s coat had left in the neat form 
wherein she had lain,—disturbed perhaps in her 
first dreams. Young starlings, too, we startled 
from amongst the long young grass. For as 
the day was nearly done, they sought this 
shelter for the night (a roosting-place of which 
the younsters are very fond), leaving behind 
the impress of their feathery forms. A taste 
of tempting watercress which now was in 
white bloom, and we had gained the road 
oncemore! And though the camera and legs 
felt heavy on our backs, and we were dust 
besmeared, and our feet dragged, weary from 
our trudge, those little inconveniences were 
soon forgotton as we sank into our armchairs 
once again, andreviewed in pleasant talk the 
achievements of the day. 
