52 STUDIES OF NATURE 



CHAPTER VI 



There comes a murmur from the shore, 

 And in the place two fair streams are, 

 Drawn from the purple hills afar, 

 Drawn down unto the restless sea. 

 WILLIAM MOERIS, The Life and Death of Jason. 



COBKIE : Tuesday, August 12. 



THIS week, so far, we have had warmer 

 weather. On Sunday service was held at 

 Sannox Kirk, with all the windows open and 

 half the congregation sitting on the grass out- 

 side. This is regarded by many as a convenient 

 arrangement. Those who took their places in 

 the open air had the manse garden, and the 

 sea, and the mountains, and the burn all in 

 sight ; and if they found the discourse too 

 tedious for them, they might wander in search 

 of sermons elsewhere, and return in time for 

 the blessing. But for my part, finding it not a 



