MOORLAND IDYLLS. 



at the first faint breath of returning summer. 

 Still other kinds, again, struggle through as 

 mature and fully formed insects, or birds, 

 or mammals, and as evergreen trees or 

 shrubs, though they live for the most part 

 a life of low grade, and on accumulated 

 materials. Nature is almost dormant in our 

 zone through the winter months ; life is 

 then one vast and varied chrysalis. 



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