ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES, &c. 



LETTER I. INTRODUCTORY. 



Early Influences and Recollections Sussex Sketch of 

 the County The Weald Its Character and general 

 Aspect Sandstone Formation Picturesque Scenery 

 The South Downs Maritime Tract Chichester 

 Harbour Selsey Bill Pagham Unfrequented 

 District Hard Weather Wild Fowl Shooting- 

 Coast to the eastward of Brighton Chalk Cliffs 

 Beachy Head Pevensey Bay Wilderness of 

 Shingle An Oasis in a Desert Principal Rivers in- 

 Sussex. 



MY DEAR E. 



I have great pleasure in complying with your 

 request ; the very idea recalls the memory of 

 olden time ; already am I carried back in imagina- 

 tion to those scenes where, besides the instruction 

 exclusively derived from Alma mater, we took 

 lessons in practical Ornithology under the aus- 

 pices of dame Nature herself. Again, as in by- 

 gone days, are we wandering together over the 



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