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of hills, and the inaccessible rocks by the 

 sea, furnish an endless supply of birds of 

 prey. Foxes, too, are numerous ; the dog- 

 fox barks at night in January, and may 

 then be heard in the woods ; the vixen 

 occasionally makes an extraordinary noise 

 like the screech of a frightened child. 

 There are many badgers, and their skins are 

 often to be seen in houses on the chairs 

 and sofas. The stone floor of a keeper's 

 house is carpeted with them ; the skin of 

 the head usually has grey stripes or bands. 

 One of these badger's skins on the floor 

 has golden stripes in the place of the grey 

 marks. 



On the distant hills the only break to the 

 slow curve of their outline is caused by an 

 occasional tumulus. There are no copses on 

 the summits of the ranges, only tumuli here 

 and there, singly or in groups. The con- 

 tents are not so well known as elsewhere, 



