278 IN BIRD-LAND 



God of Nature, as are shown on every hand ; and 

 especially at a season when spring and summei 

 seem to meet, the one sweetly fading into the 

 other. 



With such sights and sounds as are to be seen 

 and heard during an evening among the Broads, 

 the student of Nature has always some new thing 

 to afford entertainment and invite research. The 

 more we study Nature in her wild beauty the 

 more fascinating does she become the flowers, 

 insects, birds, all seem to afford food for reflection, 

 to give pleasure ; and as we contemplate them we 

 can always learn something which we did not 

 know before. 



" Listen to Nature, 



A thousand joys her happy followers prove, 

 Health, plenty, rest, society, and love." 



LORD HERVEY. 



In contrast to the quiet evening among the 

 Broads, is the early summer morning. Everything 

 is covered with copious dew which sparkles in the 

 sunbeams ; everywhere the birds are singing ; 

 graceful Swans are here and there on the Broad, 

 some with young, others in small groups gathered 

 in the more shallow spots ; now one and then 

 another will dip its long neck under the water to 



