i;6 A YEAR WITH NATURE. 



the parents will have to search for pastures new before their 

 brood are able to accompany them. 



On this very fishing excursion a litter of Pigs was almost 

 continually worrying me by sniffing round my basket, and one 

 old hog had the impudence to upset the lot. Thus it is that the 

 picture entitled "The Order of the Bath" is very appropriate 

 for insertion in this sketch. 



We pack up our rods and lines, throw in our over-stock of 

 live bait, and trudge homewards. It is quite steaming by the 

 water now, and the clock at the Manse strikes nine. It is just 

 dark enough for us to see the light from the female Glow- Worm in 

 the hedgerow as we pass along. We inhale the sweet country 

 scents, then the lodge gates close behind us, and nought is 

 heard but the tramping of the farmer's horse along the hard 

 road, and as he passes we wish him a cheery " Goodnight." 





