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though they wander about they generally 

 return to this place. When shorn the lambs, 

 with their horns made more conspicuous by 

 the removal of the wool, look like goats. 

 Sheep-shearing time is an annoyance to the 

 trout-fisher, as the water is fouled by the 

 grease, called the ' yok,' washed from the 

 wool, which drives the fish away temporarily. 



These bees bring into relief the culture of 

 goodwill that survives here. Men are not 

 so sharply defined in isolation as in localities 

 nearer civilisation. They do not stand aloof 

 in villa-seclusion, close by and yet divided 

 for a lifetime. Here thev acknowledge each 

 other's existence, they approach and lend a 

 helping hand in stress of work. 



The common bond of spoit has much to do 

 in preserving this spirit: everyone takes the 

 deepest interest in the deer, and in sport 

 generally ; it is a topic certain to come up, 

 and thus a community of feeling causes a 

 pleasantness of manner. With the red deer 

 of the old-world time of England survives the 



