CHAPTER XX 



A Seaside Ramble in Search of Hidden 

 Beauties 1 



A VERY good acquaintance with many of the 

 hidden beauties of Nature may be gained 

 from a ramble at the seaside or along a country lane. 

 The eye receives training and the faculties of obser- 

 vation are educated. If the memory be helped by 

 means of the eye, it is more likely to retain impres- 

 sions than if it had received them through the ear 

 alone. This fact is more recognised now than it used 

 to be. The rising generation has therefore many 

 advantages never enjoyed by their ancestors. Books 

 are better illustrated. Lessons and lectures are made 

 attractive and intelligible by pictures and lantern 

 slides ; and in addition, museums are more numerous 

 in which Natural History objects are properly 

 classified. 



Natural History can best be understood by direct 



1 The greater part of this chapter appeared in the Dover 

 Standard as an article, entitled, 'A Geological Ramble from 

 Folkestone to Dover,' contributed by the writer of this volume. 



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