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feelina; for their wild birds than is the case in 

 the rural districts. The reason is not far to 

 seek : the poorer we are the more do we prize 

 our small belongings. A wind-fluttered green 

 leaf, a sweet-smelling red rose, a thrush in song, 

 is naturally more to a Londoner than to the 

 dweller in mid-Surrey, or Kent, or Devon. 



