OCTOBER 



Ye strangers, banished from your native glades, 

 Where tyrant frost with famine leag'd proclaims 

 " Who lingers dies " ; with many a risk ye win 

 The privilege to breathe our softer air 

 And glean our sylvan berries. 



GISBORNE'S Walks in a Forest. 



OCTOBER in India differs from the English 

 month in almost every respect. The one 

 point of resemblance is that both are periods 

 of falling temperature. 



In England autumn is the season for the 

 departure of the migratory birds ; in India 

 it is the time of their arrival. 



The chief feature of the English October 

 the falling of the leaves is altogether wanting 

 in the Indian autumn. 



Spring is the season in which the pulse 

 of life beats most vigorously both in Europe 

 and in Asia ; it is therefore at that time of 

 year that the trees renew their garments. 



In England leaves are short-lived. After 

 an existence of about six months they " curl 

 up, become brown, and nutter from their 



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