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bird-life is still, and we find the shrubs, some striving manfully enough 

 to keep a brave show under the fierce heat of the sun, others apparently 

 glorying and revelling in the heat, others again happy and contented 

 under the protecting shadow fitfully thrown by some large neighbouring 

 tree. Whilst in the evening, though the glory of the lake is faded, the 

 closing of leaf and the cheerful flight of the birds as they wing their 

 way back to their nests, furnishes a picture of peace and rcstfulness, 

 quite as pleasant as the morning's scene, when life and activity was to 

 be seen on all sides. 



Romantic as these grounds are it is not surprising that Jack will 

 whisper " sweet nothings " in Jill's ear, but it is amazing to find many 

 looking upon them as merely a convenient short passage from one street 

 to the other. 



A visit intelligently made can. with the honest use of one's eyes, 

 lead us to a world as full of interest as the scene is fair. 



