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A YEAR WITH NATURE. 



last on the 28th " of August. Passing along we notice some 

 nice coveys of Partridges which have so far escaped the gun 

 and were not put up on the long looked for ' First.' A Rabbit 

 scampers along the hedge by the roadside and a working man's 

 lurcher or poacher perhaps is a better name for the animal is 



A PAIR OF CROSSBILLS. 



after it. Bunny is much too quick for the ill-trained dog, and 

 escapes into the cover, much to the disgust of the dog's owner, 

 who signifies his anger at losing a good and cheap dinner 

 txy kicking the poor brute. Inhuman man ! 



Along the pailings of the grand old wooded park we observe 

 three Cock Robins perched all within a space of a dozen yards. 

 Is not this strange for the Robin? 



