... JOTTINGS. GATHERING BLACKBERRIES. We heard their voices ere we saw their forms Young, happy voices, jocund the fields, 4 where the road its spine of whiteness warms In the hot August, and the landscape yields Scorched, lerel stretches of unsheltered lund ...

... is still scenting the hedges. 1 have gathered several wild roses, and yet the overhanging bushes are ! full of nuts, and blackberries are getting ripe. The dis tinction of seasons seems utterly merged in this year's erratic climate. Whilst thoroughly enjoying ...