Where The Banks Of The Hedges Can Be
Seen (Or Where Rabbits Have Thrown Out The Earth) They Are Red, And The
Water In The Ditches And Streamlets Looks Red - It Is In Fact Clear, And
The Colour Is That Of The Sand And Stones.
The footpath winds a red band
through the grass of the meads, and if it passes under a cliff the rock
too rises aslant in red lines.
Along the cropped hedges red campions
flower so thickly as to take the place of green leaves, and by every
gateway red foxgloves grow. Red trifolium is a favourite crop; it is not
much redder than the land which bears it. The hues of the red ploughed
squares, seen through the trees, vary as the sun dries or the rain
moistens the colour. Then, again, the ferns as the summer advances bring
forward their green to the aid of the leaves and grass, so that red and
green constantly strive together.
There is a fly-rod in every house, almost every felt hat has gut and
flies wound round it, and every one talks trout. Every one, too,
complained that the rivers were so low it was difficult to angle. This
circumstance, however, rendered the hues of the rocky banks more
distinct. Sitting down to dinner by chance with two farmers, one began to
tell me how he had beguiled three trout the previous evening; and the
other described how, as he was walking in a field of his by the river, he
had seen an otter.
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