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duke and his own people, and that consequently 

 there are no random shots fired by what Wen- 

 dell Holmes calls the 'gunning idiot.' Other 

 live creatures frequent the shore. There are 

 the jackdaws which roost in the rocks behind 

 the village and come down to the water's edge 

 for something dainty which they find there. 

 The people warn us not to leave coin or 

 jeweller's work about our tables, as the daws 

 sometimes come indoors and make off with such 

 small valuables. Then there is the restless but 

 delightful pied wagtail. He divides his time 

 between the garden and the beach, and is 

 equally at home with either. If I leave the 

 birds, I must mention first the sheep and lambs 

 the latter looking like woolly toys which 

 just now are leading a happy existence on the 

 sedgy strip of green which joins the road on the 

 side nearest the sea ; and next, the Boy 

 the typical boy of the village who is always to 

 the front, dabbling in the pools, or lying in the 



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