118 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
in the glorious rays of the early morning sun. 
Yet who that has gone to some rural spot away 
from the town, and arrived at his destination late 
in the day, has not often felt the strange awaken- 
ing influence of the summer sun, giving him an in- 
timation that at least for the period of his stay in 
the country he must conform to country life, take 
rest at the commencement of summer night, and 
rise with the birds in the early morning? If he 
should do this, he may wander out from his head- 
quarters, and find not one solitary inhabitant 
astir—the whole district—so far as its human 
population is concerned—hbeing steeped in slumber. 
But he will find that the woods and fields are 
ringing with the songs of the birds who have 
risen long before, and are in full carol. 
On some Sunday morning we may start for our 
early ramble at a later hour than on any one of the 
weekdays ; for the poor inhabitants of a country 
village seek a change on the Sabbath from their 
weekday habits, and, wearied with their hard 
weekday labours, they sleep during the earlier 
hours of the Sunday morning. To those wan- 
derers from town, therefore, who desire to enjoy 
