CONTENTS xi 

 AUGUST 



Low TIDE TREASURES i 9 i 



THE SINGING VALLEY 194 



A RIVER NIGHTINGALE - - - - -198 



THE WAY OF THE GULL 201 



A CLOUD OF THUNDER 204 



AUGUSTAN SOUNDS ------ 207 



SEPTEMBER. 



A MARTIN S COLONY 211 



A DROUGHT-TIME DIVINER - - - - 214 



A SEASIDE LINKS 218 



THE DADDY - - - - - - -220 



UNHARVESTED HONEY - - - - -223 



QUEEN ELIZABETH S PERQUISITE 226 



THE VANISHED SHEAF 228 



OCTOBER 



COUNTRY HARVESTS 232 



PURPLE PATCHES - 235 



A BETTER EDEN - 238 



A CIDER ORCHARD 241 



THE END OF THE FARM ----- 247 



WHERE RAVENS REIGN 251 



NOVEMBER. 



PLOUGHMAN AND HEDGER - - - - 254 



THE SHIRE OF SHIRES 257 



FROM EAR TO BLADE 260 



MIGRANT ROBINS 264 



THE CROWNT OF AUTUMN 267 



A GARDEN POND 270 



LEAF AND HIBERNATION 274 



