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渋 THE

BOYS SUMMER BOOK

DESCRIPTIVE OF THE

SEASON, SCENERY, RURAL LIFE,

AND

COUNTRY AMUSEMENTS.

BY THOMAS MILLER,
AUTHOR OF BEAUTIES OF THE COUNTRY," "RURAL SKETCHES," ETC.

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

APR 21 1958

CONTENTS.

SUMMER-HOW ANTICIPATED AT SCHOOL-DESCRIPTION OF MOWERS AT
WORK-HAYMAKERS-BEAUTY OF THE HAYFIELD-WINDROWS-HAYCOCKS
-ROLLING AMONG THE NEW-MOWN HAY-A RURAL MEAL-LAND-RAIL,
OR CORNCRAKE, DESCRIBED - HAYMAKERS RETURNING HOME IN THE
EVENING-SUMMER MORNING-RIVER-SIDE SCENERY-BOYS BATHING-
THE DROWNED BOY-NECESSITY OF LEARNING TO SWIM-GOING OUT TO
MEET THE HEYGRE, AND OUR BOATING EXPLOITS-THE WATER-HEN; ITS
HABITS DELIGHTS OF ANGLING-AN ADVENTURE WITH A BIG BARBEL-
THE SILVER HOOK-ANGLERS REFRESHING THEMSELVES-SOME ACCOUNT
OF DUCKY DENT, AND HOW HE CAUGHT A RED HERRING-THE WATER-
RAT-HOW WE STORMED A WASP'S NEST, AND WHAT WE GOT FOR OUR
PAINS CURIOUS CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASP'S NEST-BEAUTY OF A
SUMMER SHOWER-GREAT VARIETY OF GRASSES-BATTLE BETWEEN A
BLACK ANT AND WASP-THE OLD CHAIR-BOTTOMER AND HIS FRIEND THE
TINKER-VILLAGE SCHOOL-CHILDREN-KISS IN THE RING-SOFT JIMMY,
AND HOW HE WAS TAKEN IN-SHEEP-WASHING AND SHEEP-SHEARING-
ABRAHAM AXBY, THE OLD SOLDIER; MY RAMBLES WITH HIM THROUGH
WARTON WOOD-THE OLD FOREST LAWS-PROGRESS OF SCIENCE-
WEASELS AND STOATS; HOW A HAWK CAUGHT A WEASEL, AND A WEASEL
CAUGHT THE HAWK-THE DESOLATE OLD HALL-JOHN OF GAUNT AND HIS
DAUGHTER THE CUCKOO; ITS HABITS-AN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE-PEACE
AND WAR-A GIPSY ENCAMPMENT-FOLLY OF FORTUNE-TELLING-BOTTLE
TITS AND THEIR NESTS-THE OTTER-LITTLE BOB, THE FISHMONGER-
THE GREBE, A CURIOUS BIRD - THE OLD RIVER-BED INSECTS-CATER-
PILLARS AND THEIR NESTS-CADDIS-WORMS, THAT BUILD IN WATER-THE
MOLE, ITS HABITS AND WONDERFUL ENCAMPMENT-WILD FLOWERS:

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