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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



THISTLE-DOWN 1-19 



On Kingston Hill View from the hill A day of thistle- 

 down A memory of the pampas Down of the dwarf thistle 

 First sight and pleasant memories of the downs Resolution 

 to write a bookJennings' Rambles Sussex in literature 

 Less favoured than other counties Minor poets Hurdis 

 The Favorite Village In Bishopstone church Richard Jeff eries 

 Birds on the beach at Goring Horses eating sea-weed. 



CHAPTER II 



CHARM OF THE DOWNS 20-31 



Scope and limits of this work A general description of 

 the downs Agreeable sensations ; an inquiry into their causes 

 Gilbert White's speculations The pleasures of the downs 

 due to a variety of causes Their shapely human-like curves 

 Connection between the senses of sight and touch Effects 

 of flowing outlines Instinctive delight in wide horizons The 

 desire to fly Effect of a series of dome-like forms The joy 

 of mountains. 



CHAPTER III 



THE LIVING GARMENT . i-^-Vi-* *>:'> "'tf'jiX. . 32-58 



The South Downs most agreeable in the hot season- 

 Beauty of the bindweed Black oxen The old Sussex breed 

 of cattle Black oxen in poetry Suggestion for group of 

 statuary Black and gold in nature Turf of the downs 

 Result of breaking up the turf A new flora Variety of 

 colonising plants Beauty of the chance-made gardens of the 

 downs Flowers in barren places Forget-me-not Viper's 

 bugloss Effects of blue flowers in masses A shepherd boy 



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