46 About the Feathered Folk. 



as his Lord bade him do, and I 

 defy him not to go onwards, and 

 long to know more and yet more ; 

 and to rejoice that, however much 

 one may learn, there are yet 

 infinite wonders ahead. 



Dear Jenny, in her brown gown, 

 is here, there, arid everywhere in 

 England ; and all the year round 

 one may peep at her, and get to 

 symphathize with that busy, useful, 

 cheery life of hers. 



But the Birds of the Jewelled 

 Robes never reach our dim skies 

 and cold airs. It is vain to look 

 for them in Zoological gardens, or 

 in aviaries, however splendid and 

 carefully kept. Their skins come; 

 and these skins are stuffed, and 

 kept under glass cases ; but one 

 must journey all the way to the 

 tropics to see the true beauty of 

 the Humming-birds. 



"Jewelled" is really the right 

 word to describe them. A negro 



