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resort, or some other district, and if you have, 

 and have carried out the suggestions given, you 

 will be able to turn up your notebook and afford 

 information that will be of service to your friend, 

 and show him that when you were on your holi- 

 days you occupied the time to advantage. 



It is a good plan to alter your stalking ground 

 so as to strike acquaintance with a new set of 

 animals and plants, for it is remarkable to notice 

 how the fauna and flora of our country varies. 

 A mile or two, and often less, brings you on a 

 different stratum, or soil, and with the change 

 the animals and plants vary tremendously. One 

 day you can restrict your operations to the shore 

 itself, within sight and sound of the ever-murmur- 

 ing sea; another day you may climb the cliffs and 

 note the wild folk astir there; the next may be 

 spent at the summit, and a long walk taken right 

 along the top of the cliffs; another excursion may 

 be devoted to some moorland or hillside, and 

 another time you can strike inland to some 

 country lane or meadow, stream, pond, wood, or 

 sequestered valley. Find out the nearest villages 

 and hamlets, and visit them. Ascertain any 

 interesting information concerning them. Seek 

 out the church, and any other historic buildings, 

 and learn what you can of their history and 

 associations. 



You will then return to the vicinity of the sea 



