1891.
July 6
(No 2)
England.
Wells to Lynton. - about on the ground as if wounded.
She must have had either eggs or a brood of young in
the ditch.
  As we approached Minehead at a point where the
railroad runs along the shore of the Sound I saw
several Wheatears in a rocky field, flitting from
hillock to hillock with wide-spread tails.
During the railroad journey I also saw a Kestrel,
a good many Wood Pigeons rising from grain fields,
and a fair number of Rooks.
  On reaching Minehead we secured outside front 
seats on the coach and started for Lynton, 20 m.
For the first part of the way the road, narrow 
as hard as flint, and bordered on both sides by
tall, untrimmed hedges, led through an open,
very hilly, but wholly cultivated country with
frequent small villages of quaint tiled or thatched
roofed cottages. Then we came to a frightfully steep 
pitch three miles in length which took us from 
a little above sea-level to the top of a hill or
rather mountain of 1400 ft. elevation. A fifth horse
was here added to our team and the passengers
were invited to walk as far as they felt willing
to do. I went about a mile and then took
to the coach again. During this walk I saw a 
Woodpecker's hole in the trunk of a green tree
(an ash) by the roadside. I also saw two butterflies,
one a rather large brownish species, and heard 
in a wet hollow an intermittent low trilling
sound not unlike the early spring trill of our
toad. Small birds seemed to be very scarce! I