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MARCH 



and the destruction of lawns. Beneath the level surface 

 insect life has flourished as fully as the buds of the honey 

 suckle. Flies and the offspring of daddy-long-legs delight 

 in dryness, whether warm or cold, as certainly as the 

 ewes in the valley flocks. The thrushes are enjoying life. 

 If there is a complaint, it is the difficulty of finding mud. 

 Is this why they are for once later than the blackbirds ? 

 Hardly ; for, after all, the blackbird, though she does 

 not need it so wet, uses as much mud as the thrush by 

 way of mortar, and is building a nest as heavy with 

 cement as usual. 



