CHAPTER VIII. 



ELM. 



Ulmus campestris. 



" The tall, abounding elm, that grows 



In hedgerows up and down ; 

 In field and forest, copse and park, 



And in the peopled town ; 



With colonies of noisy rooks, 



That nestle on its crown." 



Hood. 



THE aged man and his young companion went slowly up 

 the dell, lingering and listening to the song of innumerable 

 birds, which sang merrily on either side, while the torrent 

 came dancing over its rocky bed, now in shade, again in 



