...the deep silence of the meres was of ten broken by the confused clamour of wild-fowl, ' while dear above all sounded the wild whistle of the curlew and the trumpet note of the great wild swan.' Charles was very young, but he was already an enthusiastic naturalist. The scenes with which he was...

...wild-fowl, screaming, p'ping, clacking, croaking — filling the air with the hoarse rattle of their wingi, while clear above all sounded the wild whistle of the curlew and the trumpet-note of the great wild swan." From the East of England he now passed to the West, and the wash...

...backed by Caistor Hanglands and Holme Wood, and the patches of the primaeval forest; while darkgreen alders, and pale-green reeds, stretched for miles...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fightingrings, while the sober...

...backed by Caistor Hanglands and Holme Wood, and the patches of the primaeval forest ; while darkgreen alders, and pale-green reeds, stretched for miles...the curlew, and the trumpet note of the great wild swaa They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fightingrings,...

...invisible from its flatness and white paint. Then down the wind came the boom of the great stanchion gun ; and after that sound, another sound, louder as it...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fighting rings, while the sober...

...motionless, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see. Par off, upon the silver mere, would rise a puff of smoke...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fightingrings, while the sober...

...off, upon the silver mere, would rise a puff of smoke from a punt, invisible from its flalness ami its white paint. Then down the wind came the boom...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fightingrings, while the sober...

...rushed and whirled the skein of terrified wild-fowl, screaming, piping, clacking, croaking,—filling the air with the hoarse rattle of their wings, while...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fighting rings, while the sober...

....came the boom of the great stanchiongun ; and after that sound another sound, louder as it ueared ; a cry as of all the bells of Cambridge, and all the...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now. No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor irt their fightingrings, while the sober...

...rushed and whirled the skein of terrified wild-fowl, screaming, piping, clacking, croaking,—filling the air with the hoarse rattle of their wings, while...note of the great wild swan. They are all gone now No longer do the ruffs trample the sedge into a hard floor in their fighting rings, while the sober...