1 2 The Strines Valley. 



sented in the drawing. During the summer they may often 

 be found thickly strewed with little red pimples, which 

 are the abiding-place of a colony of some tiny creature ; 

 and in the autumn they turn yellow a remarkable cir- 

 cumstance, seeing that the foliage of a near relative, the 

 sugar-maple of New Brunswick, acquires a vivid and last- 



FIG a. Leaves and Fruit of Maple. 



ing crimson hue. At every season, in a word, in this opu- 

 lent valley there is plenty to delight the heart that loves the 

 fair simplicities of nature. One of the nightingales that 

 visited our neighbourhood in May 1862, was located 

 close to Strines ; and it was upon the bank by the way- 

 side leading from Strines to Disley, that Mr Sidebotham, 

 a few years previously, discovered that pretty shell, the 

 Clausil'ia lamina 'fa, of which there are no doubt plenty 

 of specimens still to be found. Let collectors who may 

 seek them not forget that the true lover of nature 



