A MAY EVENING 



IT is a May evening, when the shadows lengthen 

 and solitary rooks slow r ly and laboriously flap on their 

 straight line of flight to the distant home w r ood, and 



CATTLE GRAZING IN THE EVENING 



the chorus of bird voices individualises, so that the 

 continuous song of each is recognisable and its dis- 

 tinctive charm is heard ; then it is that Nature is slowly 

 wrapped in restful peace, and seems to make a pause. 



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