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Page 15. Line 9.
"By crouding osiers, and the black coot hides—"
Coot.—Fulica aterrima.
Line 16.
"With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay."
Goldsmith.
"Hostile war-fires." The Beacons formerly lighted up on the hills to give notice of the approach of an enemy. These signals would still be used in case of alarm, if the Telegraph now substituted could not be distinguished on account of fog or darkness.
Line 11.
"Where clamouring loud, the evening curlew runs."
Curlew.—Charadrius œdicnemus.
