ON THE OLD DROVE ROAD. 



'THHE patches of 

 -- snow on the 

 south slope of the 

 Grampians grow less 

 clay by day. The 

 colour of the fields 

 changes from brown- 

 ish grey to a dark 

 green, and it requires 

 no close observa- 

 tion to see the 

 effects of the warm 

 sun on the hedge- 

 rows. The sedges 



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already carry their 



tassels. The roots of the perennial flowers 



spring into life, and the green blade shows 



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