MOORLAND IDYLLS. 



once mated, are models of propriety in their 

 domestic relations. They are strictly mono- 

 gamous ; they pair for life ; and they con- 

 stantly inhabit the same dwelling. That 

 last is surely a pitch of respectability to 

 which not even the blameless London clerk 

 who " always comes home to tea " has as yet 

 attained. He has been known to flit on 

 quarter-days. 



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