WILD PASTURES 



minute egg in the tissue of a leaf could 

 cause the plant to grow a witch hat. 



No doubt these same wise men would 

 explain to you that it is not possible to 

 become invisible by sprinkling fern seed 

 on. your head during the dark of the 

 moon and saying the right words, but 

 did one of them ever try it? 



It is appropriate that the witch-hazel 

 should shade the portals through which 

 the brook enters the glen at the foot of 

 the pasture, for the path here enters 

 you into a world of witchery where the 

 glamour of the place will hold you long 

 of a summer afternoon. 



At the foot of the glen an ancient 

 mill-dam once blocked the free passage 

 of the water and a mill-wheel vexed its 

 current. Now only the rude embank- 

 ment remains with half-century old hick- 

 ories and maples growing on it, arching 

 116 



