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ilelds ibr winter fallows. Acorns are sown for 

 young plantations at this time : and forest and fruit 

 trees are planted. 



The ground is now covered with spiders, the 

 weaving gossamer; and the cold air condensing the 

 vapour arising from the warm earth, causes thick 

 and frequent fogs. 



This month is the height of the hunting season ; 

 the weather being suitable, and the products of the 

 earth housed, 



" All, now, is tree as air, and the gay pack, 

 In the rough, bristly stubbles, range unblam'd ; 



fNo widow's tears o'erflow ; no secret curse 

 Swells in the farmer's breast, which his pale lips', 

 Tremblingly, conceals, by his fierce landlord aw'd ; 

 But, courteous now, he levels ev'ry fence, 

 Joins in the ceremony, and halloos loud, 

 Charm'd with the rattling thunder of the field." 



At the very close of the month, a few flowers still 

 cheer the eye; and there is a second blow of some 

 kind, particularly of the woodbine. But the scent 

 of all these late flowers is comparatively faint. 



Migration of the Birds. 



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This is the time when numbers of the birds, which, 

 during summer, had lived and found food in our 

 fields, woods, and gardens, are going to quit our cli- 

 mate for other countries. There are but few of them 

 which pass the winter with us: the rest leave us al- 

 most the whole winter. This migration is wonder- 

 ful in all respects ; and if we have not much attended 

 A a 



