40 STUDIES OF NATURE 



CHAPTER V 



If thou art worn and hard beset 



With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, 



If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep 



Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, 



Go to the woods and hills ! No tears 



Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. 



LONGFELLOW, Sunrise on the Hills. 



CORKIE : Saturday, August 9. 



THE wind this morning is due north blow- 

 ing, that is, right from the Highlands. Between 

 this place and Cape Wrath over what a wild 

 country it travels, bringing messages to me 

 here, on the sea-shore at Corrie, from many a 

 far-off and yet well-known Ben and Loch 

 from Nevis and Cruachan, from Leven and 

 Etive and Awe. 



The early bath, though cold, has been a fine 



