A Cotswold Village, Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire |
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Page 4
... grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and woodlands that the real glory of the timber remains . And now we may notice what a splendid hunting country is this Berkshire vale . The fields are ...
... grass will not grow under their wide - spreading foliage . It is only in the parks and woodlands that the real glory of the timber remains . And now we may notice what a splendid hunting country is this Berkshire vale . The fields are ...
Page 7
... grass , and left to look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel- playing for a gold ...
... grass , and left to look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel- playing for a gold ...
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... grass sweeping down to the edge of the river , some hundred yards away . Beyond the river again more grass , but of a wilder description , where the rabbits are scudding about or listening with pricked ears ; and in the background a ...
... grass sweeping down to the edge of the river , some hundred yards away . Beyond the river again more grass , but of a wilder description , where the rabbits are scudding about or listening with pricked ears ; and in the background a ...
Page 19
... grass so green and fresh looking , except in certain parts of Ireland . But the wild flowers by the silent river ... grasses and forget - me - nots were there too , not only among the sword - flags and the tall fescue - grasses by the ...
... grass so green and fresh looking , except in certain parts of Ireland . But the wild flowers by the silent river ... grasses and forget - me - nots were there too , not only among the sword - flags and the tall fescue - grasses by the ...
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... grass fields and stubbles are generally as dry as a bone . There is but a small percentage of clay in the soil , but a good deal of lime , and five inches down is the hard rock ; therefore this light , stony soil never holds the rain ...
... grass fields and stubbles are generally as dry as a bone . There is but a small percentage of clay in the soil , but a good deal of lime , and five inches down is the hard rock ; therefore this light , stony soil never holds the rain ...
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Ablington ancient ash tree 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 delight district doubtless earth England face Fairford farmers fields fish garden glorious Gloucestershire grass ground half hamlet hand hounds hundred hunting keeper larvæ look lovely Lunnon manor house may-fly miles never night Northleach old manor house old-fashioned once partridges pass Peregrine pheasant pleasant plough pounds river River Coln Roman Sairy Jane sausingers scent season seen shooting silvery song sport sportsman spring squire stand Stoke Poges stone Stow-on-the-Wold stwuns summer tell thou Tom Peregrine town trees trout stream turmut vale valley walk walls week whilst wild wind woods yards