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with the Small Reed Warbler, having found eggs as 

 late as August, both in Norfolk and in Essex.) 

 Several nests of the Black Tern (Hydrochelidon 

 nigra) were also found. 



The next day we drove to the farther end of the 

 lake, in a typical country wagon without springs, 

 sitting on sacks filled with hay or straw, along a 

 typical Hungarian road, sandy and very rough, and 

 bordered the whole way with acacia-trees. Hay- 

 making was in full swing, and working in the fields, 

 vigorously swinging the scythe through the tall 

 grass, were many women, clad in blue jackets and 

 white skirts. But they are very big women, surely, 

 in Hungary, and given to tobacco. There is one 

 with a well-coloured clay pipe in full blast. And a 

 beard ! Why, they are men after all ! Men in 

 petticoats ! They are really divided skirts, or very 

 long and very, very wide linen drawers ; but the 

 effect is exactly that of a petticoat or skirt, and looks 

 very incongruous, especially for men working in the 

 fields. One can understand women desiring to 

 emancipate themselves from the inconvenience of 

 skirts and petticoats, but that men should go out of 

 their way thus to hamper themselves is past all 

 comprehension. The head-gear with this astonish- 

 ing costume is a very hard-looking, broad-brimmed 

 black felt hat. 



Our boatmen on this second day were attired 



