OLD POND. 
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THE ISLAND IN OLD POND. 
CHAPTER II. 
The piece of water called Old Pond, about one mile 
from Godalming, on the London road, is a most attractive 
spot to waterfowl ; and an island in its centre is the resort 
of some of them in the breeding season, and also of a va- 
riety of other birds, which find it a safe and unmolested 
place for the same purpose. I have often delighted, in 
years that are gone, to visit this island and its inmates ; the 
owner, Mr. Robert Moline, used to allow us free ingress 
to all and every part of the estate ; a liberty of which any 
one, with an incipient thirst for a knowledge of Natural 
History, would be sure to avail himself. One day, having 
pushed off from the shore, and moored the little shallop to 
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