At Home with Wild Nature 



had to be adopted to keep the doorsteps and stone flags 

 in front of the house clean and thus preserve internal 

 peace. 



On the River Cocker, in Cumberland, the natives 

 believe that the heron emits oil from its legs wherewith 

 to attract fish. Such is the strength of their faith in 

 this that whenever they can secure the body of a heron 

 they boil its legs in order to extract the "oil," which is 

 smeared upon fishing bait. 



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