"So close I can look directly into it." 



mesticate^ that he rejoices over every new flower- 

 garden. There was nearly half an acre of gladi- 

 oli in the neighborhood one summer, where all 

 the humming-birds gathered from far and near. 

 Here, for the only time in my life, I saw a flock 

 of humming-birds. I counted eight one day ; 

 and the gardener told me that he had often seen 

 a dozen of them among the spikes. They 

 squeaked like bats, and played about as bullets 

 might play. In fact, I think I dodged when they 

 whizzed past me, as a soldier does the first time 

 he is under fire. 



One of my friends had a cellar window abloom 

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