WILD LIFE ON THE SUSSEX DOWNS 



to amuse and interest him for weeks and months — nay, 

 one may say for years together. Once you have made 

 a friend of the South Downs — and they grow upon you 

 amazingly — you will never tire of them. They are 

 friends whose faces are always the same, ever offering 

 to you a disinterested and a most genuine greeting. 

 On a clear day of summer the various cloud effects, 

 racing over the vast countryside, near and far, are in 

 themselves an inexhaustible study in colour. The 

 various shades and gradations are countless, as you 

 will discover, once you begin to put them down in 

 black and white. The interchange of sunshine and 

 shadow upon these smooth heights is, indeed, among 

 the most beautiful of the many beautiful things that 

 nature has here to offer you. 



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