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CHAPTER XVI. 



A MORNING WALK. 



POLITENESS. SILK- WEED. PEAT MOSS. SUN DEW. MOSSES. 



TAR, PITCH, ETC. STONE PINE. RAVENNA. WOOD OF THE 



VINE. DUCK'S NEST IN A TREE. ROBIN ? S CUSHION. GALL 

 NUT. MISTLETOE OF THE DRUIDS. CHARCOAL BURNING. 

 DERIVATION OF SEVERAL SAXON WORDS. ON THE STUDY OF 

 THE SAXON LANGUAGE. FERNS, EATABLE. CAPILLAIRE PLANT. 



FERN SEED. FUNGI, EATABLE. DRY ROT. GLOW-WORM. 



CLEANING INSTRUMENT. CLAWS OF EiRDS. PROCRASTINA- 

 TION. 



Needs no show of mountain hoary, 

 Winding shore or deepening glen, 

 Where the landscape in its glory 

 Teaches truth to wandering men. 

 Give true hearts but earth and sky, 

 And some flowers to bloom and die, 

 Homely scenes and simple views, 

 Lowly thoughts may best infuse. KEBLE. 



ESTHER. 



COME, Henrietta, we are all waiting for you. 



HENRIETTA. 



Can any one tell me where my bonnet is 1 ? Frederick, do 

 you know? 



MARF. 



How should he be able to tell? 



^?<* d FREDERICK. 



Henrietta asked me to take it up-stairs for her, and I said 

 that I would presently; but I quite forgot it, and it must still 

 be in the hall. 

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