5G JUNE IN BROADLAND. 



here and there, peers out a grey church tower like an aged sentinel keeping watch 

 upon the quiet village which clusters round the hallowed pile. 



We have fallen in with genial company to-day. A genuine Broadland Natur- 

 alist has chosen the same compartment ; he is bent on a day's hard work among 

 the insects and wild flowers (if such a labour of love deserves the title, and for the 

 capture and accommodation of which he appears amply provided), which buzz and 

 bloom in the fens and wildnesses of Broadland. He is certainly a character in his 



THE CHURCH AMONG THE TREES. 



way, a small spare-built man, past the middle of life, with shoulders bent and be- 

 tokening that some sedentary occupation has for long been his lot in life, and years 

 of hard honest toil have made his large hands gaunt and bony. We are not long 

 edging him into a pleasant confab, and the hard lines upon his intelligent face relax 

 somewhat as he instinctively feels himself in company with kindred spirits. He 

 waxes eloquent upon the delights of Broadland. 



i You may have your rugged awe-inspiring mountain scenery, your wild rocky 

 fastnesses if you choose, not that I have ever been amongst them, except in books 



