...song-bird, in its own right, and mocking-bird as well — poured out its versatile and unwearying warble ; ' while high overhead hung motionless, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite." In those days the deep silence of the meres was of ten broken by the confused clamour of wild-fowl,...

...brown glassy water ; between the dark-green alders ; between the pale-green reeds ; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird,...sweet song, mocked the notes of all the birds around ; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high over head, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard...

...brown glassy water ; between the dark-green alders ; between the pale-green reeds ; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird, not content with its own sweet song, mocked the song of all the birds around ; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high overhead,...

...brown glassy water ; between the dark-green alders ; between the pale-green reeds ; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird,...sweet song, mocked the notes of all the birds around ; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high over head, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard...

...dark green alders, and pale green reeds, stretched for miles round the broad lagoon, where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedgebird,...buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see. Far off, upon the silver mere, would rise a puff of smoke from a punt, invisible from its flatness...

...darkgreen alders, and pale-green reeds, stretched for miles round the broad lagoon, where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird,...buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see. Far off, upon the silver mere, would rise a puff of smoke from a punt, invisible from its flatness...

...dark green alders, and pale green reeds, stretched for miles round the broad lagoon, where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird,...buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see. Far off, upon the silver mere, would rise a puff of smoke from a punt, invisible from its flatness...

...alders,' says Kingsley, ' and pale-green reeds stretched for miles round the broad lagoon, where the coot clanked and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird,...of all the birds around ; while high overhead hung hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see.' What strange...

...clear brown glassy water; between the dark-green alders ; between the pale-green reeds ; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird, not content with its own sweet song, mocked the song of all the birds around ; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high overhead,...

...content with its own sweet song, mocked the notes of all the birds around ; while high overhead hung hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see.' What strange transformations must this wild region have undergone I There was a time, in all probability,...