CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 1. 



BY A TAJDJ SIDK. 



TAOB 



Sympathy with natural objects Ease with which various ani- 

 mals accustom themselves to circumstances Sacredness of 

 life Definition of a " taru " How they have been formed 

 Agencies at work to stock them with life Tarns r in 

 boulder clay, chalk, and new red sandstone How formed 

 Origin of former deposit Old lanes Supposed sea-beaches, 

 how formed Antiquity of our hedge-rows How the high 

 banks have been formed Effects of meteorological action 

 Occupation roads Value of our hawthorn fences Their use 

 to the early Saxons Origin of our village names How the 

 hawthorn enters into them Quiet of a pond-side . . 1 12 



CHAPTER II. 



THE FISHES, MOLLTJSOA, AND OTHER OBJECTS IN THE TABN. 



Inhabitants of the tarn The Pike and its parasite Habits of 

 the former Scales of fishes magnified Pike, Perch, and 

 Tench Agassiz's orders of fishes Scales of Roach and 

 Dace The Rudd, or Rowd, its habits Scales of Bream, 

 Gudgeon, and Minnow When the Carp and Pike were in- 

 troduced Antiquity of the latter fish The Common and 

 Crucian Carp Barbel, Chub, and Grayling Their habits- 

 Physical geological changes since Sticklebacks were intro- 

 ducedScale of Eel Habits of Sticklebacks Their nest- 

 building habits Evidence afforded by our fresh- water ani- 



