70 VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE 



and about you; and all other English birds 

 appear to be doubly plentiful here ; water-ousels, 

 sand-pipers, and kingfishers are not wanting; 

 nightingales, thrushes, goldfinches, green linnets, 

 and the larger woodpecker are constantly heard 

 but rarely seen the livelong day and night. I 

 want to see the place in autumn, 



"When all around the tempest rings," 



and I hope then to revisit this pleasant but 

 nameless nook of Gloucestershire. 



