The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 115
Richard Jefferies. the river is really the work of a small number , a mere fraction of the thousands of all classes who frequent it . Not one in a thousand probably perpetrates any intentional damage to fish , fowl , or flowers . As the ...
Richard Jefferies. the river is really the work of a small number , a mere fraction of the thousands of all classes who frequent it . Not one in a thousand probably perpetrates any intentional damage to fish , fowl , or flowers . As the ...
Page 116
... river like the Thames a few otters cannot do much or lasting injury except in particular places . The truth , is , that the otter is an ornament to the river , and more worthy of preservation than any other creature . He is the last and ...
... river like the Thames a few otters cannot do much or lasting injury except in particular places . The truth , is , that the otter is an ornament to the river , and more worthy of preservation than any other creature . He is the last and ...
Page 117
... river . The shameless way in which every otter that dares to show itself is shot , trapped , beaten to death , and literally battered out of existence , should rouse the indignation of every sportsman and every lover of nature . The ...
... river . The shameless way in which every otter that dares to show itself is shot , trapped , beaten to death , and literally battered out of existence , should rouse the indignation of every sportsman and every lover of nature . The ...
Page 118
... river , morally the property of the greatest city in the world . II . I looked forward to living by the river with delight , anticipating the long rows I should have past the green eyots and the old houses red - tiled among the trees ...
... river , morally the property of the greatest city in the world . II . I looked forward to living by the river with delight , anticipating the long rows I should have past the green eyots and the old houses red - tiled among the trees ...
Page 119
... river lore ; they would show me the mark to which the stream rose in the famous year of floods . On again to the cool hostelry whose sign was reflected in the water , where there would be a draught of fine ale for the THE MODERN THAMES ...
... river lore ; they would show me the mark to which the stream rose in the famous year of floods . On again to the cool hostelry whose sign was reflected in the water , where there would be a draught of fine ale for the THE MODERN THAMES ...
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