8 
A LINNET FOR SIXPENCE. 
me that there would be a sort of satisfaction in giving the 
poor remains back to the green fresh earth. 
It was a brilliant though very cold day in February 
when I walked out to Cissbury Hill; but though so early 
in the year a good many furze-bushes were already in 
bloom on the long southern slopes. Finding a suitable 
spot I made an excavation under one of the bushes and 
buried my linnet among its old red roots along with a wisp 
of green moss and a handful of furze blossoms. 
And so ends the sad little story of the only 
linnet I have ever owned in my life, which I bought for 
sixpence. 
Leaflet No. 50. Published by the Society for the Protection of Birds, 
3, Hanover Square, London, W., of whom copies may be obtained at id. 
each ; 9d. per doz. ; 5s. per 100. 
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Witheruy & Co., Printers. £2(5, High Holborn. London. W.C. 1904. 
Telephone No. 92 Holborn. 
