(1 have got them in my handkerchief here), and gorse and broom, and 

 bellflo\^•er and many others of all colors, that I will beg you presently 

 to tell me the names of. 



^Ir. A.— That I will, readily. 



W. — I saw, too, several birds that were new to me. There was a 

 pretty grayish one, of the size of a lark, that was hojjping about some 

 great stones; and when he flew he showed a great deal of white about 

 his tail. 



ilr. A.— That was a ^vheat-ear. They are reckoned very delicious 

 birds to eat, and frequent the open downs in Sussex, and some other 

 counties in great numbers. 



W. — There was a flock of lapwings upon a marshy part of the heath, 

 that amused me much. As I came near them, some of them kept flying 

 round and round, just oyer my head, and crying "Pewet!'' so distinctly, 

 one might almost fancy they spoke. I thought I should have caught 

 one of them, for he flew as though one of his mngs was broken, and 

 often tumbled close to the ground; but as I came near, he always made 

 a shift to get away. 



3Ir. A. — Ha! ha! You were finely taken in, then! This was all an 

 artifice of the bird's to entice you away from its nest; for tliey build 

 upon the bare ground, and their nests would easily be observed did 

 they not draw off the attention of intruders by their loud cries and 

 counterfeit lameness. 



^Y. — I wish I had known that, for he led me a long chase, often 

 over shoes in water. However, it was the cause of my falling in with 

 an old man and a boy, who were cutting and piling up turf for fuel, 

 and I had a good deal of talk with them about the manner of prepar- 

 ing the turf and the price it sells at. They gave me, too, a creature I 

 never saw before — a young viper, Avhich they had just killed, together 

 'with Us dam. I have seen several common snakes, but this is thicker 

 in proportion and of a darker color than they are. 



Mr. A. — True. Vipers frequent those turfy, boggy grounds pretty 

 much, and I liaA'e known several turf-cutters bitten by them. 



W. — They are very venomous, are they not? 



.Mr. A. — Enough so to make their wounds painful and dangerous, 

 though they seldom prove fatal. 



AV. — Well, I then took my course up to the windmill on the mount. 

 1 climbed up the steps of the mill in order to get a better view of the 

 (■otintry around. What an extensive prospect! I counted fifteen 

 church steeples; and I saw several gentlemen's houses peeping out 

 from tile midst ot groeu woods and jilantations; and I could trace the 



