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woods, but in narrow-hedge rows and the 

 skirts of coppices. Some truffles, he in- 

 formed us, lie two feet within the earth, 

 and some quite on the surface ; the latter, 

 he added, have little or no smell, and are 

 not so easily discovered by the dogs as 

 those that lie deeper. Half-a-crown a 

 pound was the price which he asked for 

 this commodity. 



Truffles never abound in wet Winters 

 and Springs. They are in season, in dif- 

 ferent situations, at least nine months in 

 the year. White. 



TREMELLA NOSTOC. 



Though the weather may have been ever 

 so dry and burning, yet after two or three 

 wet days, this jelly-like substance abounds 

 on the walks. White. 



FAIRY RINGS. 



The cause, occasion, call it what you 

 will, of fairy-rings^ subsists in the turf. 



