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a fascination still, ever abounding as it does in beauty, 

 enjoyment and delight. 



" Tlie gay green wood ! 'tis a lovely world, 

 "With beauty that's all its own : 

 And pleasant it is in summer time 

 To roam through that world alone," 



NOTE. 



The antlers alluded to at page 73, and in the note, page 

 76, have been omitted, as it ^vas found that a drawing of 

 small size conveyed no adequate notion of the vast dimensions 

 of the originals. It is not improbable that, on a future occa- 

 sion, some of these splendid specimens may be given separately, 

 and in such a way as to enable a just estimate to be formed of 

 their proportions. 



