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Page xi
... wild flowers and the spreading foliage by the brook ! To any one who might be thinking of becoming for the time being “ a tourist , " and in that capacity visit- ing the Cotswolds , my advice is , " Don't . " There is really nothing to ...
... wild flowers and the spreading foliage by the brook ! To any one who might be thinking of becoming for the time being “ a tourist , " and in that capacity visit- ing the Cotswolds , my advice is , " Don't . " There is really nothing to ...
Page xiv
... Wild , Deserted Country - An Old Dog Fox . CHAPTER VL A GALLOP OVER THE WALLS An October Meet - Cub - Hunting - The Old Fox Again ! A Fast Gallop over the Walls - The Charm of Uncertainty - Fliers of the Hunt - A Narrow Escape - A Check ...
... Wild , Deserted Country - An Old Dog Fox . CHAPTER VL A GALLOP OVER THE WALLS An October Meet - Cub - Hunting - The Old Fox Again ! A Fast Gallop over the Walls - The Charm of Uncertainty - Fliers of the Hunt - A Narrow Escape - A Check ...
Page xvii
... Wild Flowers - Cottage Gardens - The Paths of Literature - Description of a Horse - Beauty of Trees - Their Loss Irreparable as the Loss of Friends - A Fine Type of Englishman - Lines in Memory of W. D. Llewelyn . CHAPTER XVI SUMMER ...
... Wild Flowers - Cottage Gardens - The Paths of Literature - Description of a Horse - Beauty of Trees - Their Loss Irreparable as the Loss of Friends - A Fine Type of Englishman - Lines in Memory of W. D. Llewelyn . CHAPTER XVI SUMMER ...
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... wild geraniums and harebells , the gold of birdsfoot trefoil and Saint John's wort , and the white and pink of convolvulus or bindweed . We are passing through some of the I.J THE THAMES VALLEY . 3 There , richest scenery 2 [ CH ...
... wild geraniums and harebells , the gold of birdsfoot trefoil and Saint John's wort , and the white and pink of convolvulus or bindweed . We are passing through some of the I.J THE THAMES VALLEY . 3 There , richest scenery 2 [ CH ...
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... wild pheasant ( for everything here is wild ) , or , in winter , when lake and fen are frostbound , by the river and its withybeds after snipe and wildfowl - for the Cotswold stream has never been known to freeze ! In this small hamlet ...
... wild pheasant ( for everything here is wild ) , or , in winter , when lake and fen are frostbound , by the river and its withybeds after snipe and wildfowl - for the Cotswold stream has never been known to freeze ! In this small hamlet ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree barns beautiful Berkshire Bibury birds Burford BURFORD PRIORY charm Chedworth church Cirencester Coln colour Cotswold district Cotswold Hills Cotswold labourer Cotswold sheep Cotswold village cottages covert cricket deep delightful district doubtless earth England face Fairford farmers fields fish garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hounds hundred hunting keeper killed land larvæ London look lovely Lunnon manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges passed Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds quaint river River Coln Roman Sairy Jane sausingers scent season seen shillin's shooting silvery sport sportsman spring squire Stoke Poges stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns tell thou Tom Peregrine town trees trout stream turmut vale valley walls week whilst White Horse wild wind withybed wood yards