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teach   them   ´   and   we   can   teach   them   ´   to   find   wonder   in   every  insect�察�

sublimity in every hedgerow�察�the records of past worlds in                     every pebble�察�

and boundless fertility upon the barren shore�察�and                   so�察�by teaching them 

to make full use of that limited sphere in             which they now are�察�make them 

faithful in a few things�察�that they            may be fit hereafter to be rulers over 

much。 

     I   may   seem   to   exaggerate   the   advantages   of   such   studies�察  �but   the 

question      after  all  is  one    of  experience�此      �and    I  have    had   experience 

enough and to spare that what I say is true。               I have seen the young          man 

of    fierce   passions�察   �and    uncontrollable      daring�察   �expend     healthily     that 

energy   which   threatened   daily   to   plunge   him   into   recklessness�察         �if   not 

into sin�察  �upon   hunting   out   and   collecting�察  �through   rock   and       bog�察  �snow 

and tempest�察�every bird and egg of the neighbouring                   forest。    I have seen 

the cultivated man�察�craving for travel and for                success in life�察�pent up in 

the    drudgery   of    London      work�察   �and   yet   keeping      his  spirit   calm�察  �and 

perhaps      his   morals     all  the   more      righteous�察    �by    spending     over    his 

microscope   evenings   which   would   too             probably   have   gradually   been 



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wasted at the theatre。        I have seen      the young London beauty�察�amid all 

the excitement and temptation of            luxury and flattery�察�with her heart pure 

and her mind occupied in a           boudoir full of shells and fossils�察�flowers and 

sea´weeds�察�keeping         herself unspotted from the world�察�by considering the 

lilies of the     field�察 �how they  grow。       And   therefore it is that   I hail   with 

thankfulness every fresh book of Natural History�察�as a fresh boon                    to the 

young�察�a fresh help to those who have to educate them。 

     The greatest difficulty in the way of beginners is ��as in most                things�� 

how ;to learn the art of learning。;           They go out�察�search�察        �find less than 

they expected�察�and give the subject up in             disappointment。        It is good to 

begin�察  �therefore�察  �if   possible�察  �by   playing   the   part   of   ;jackal;   to   some 

practised naturalist�察�who will         show the tyro where to look�察�what to look 

for�察�and�察�moreover�察�what          it is that he has found�察�often no easy matter to 

discover。      Forty     years    ago�察  �during    an  autumn's     work    of   dead´leaf´ 

searching   in   the    Devon   woods   for   poor   old   Dr。   Turton�察  �while   he   was 

writing his book       on British land´shells�察�the present writer learnt more of 

the art    of observing than he would have learnt in three years' desultory 

hunting on his own account�察�and he has often regretted that no                  naturalist 

has established shore´lectures at some watering´place�察                �like those up hill 

and down dale field´lectures which�察�in pleasant              bygone Cambridge days�察�

Professor     Sedgwick      used   to  give   to  young     geologists�察   �and   Professor 

Henslow to young botanists。 

     In   the   meanwhile�察  �to   show   you   something   of   what   may   be   seen   by 

those who care to see�察�let me take you�察�in imagination�察�to a shore                 where I 

was once at home�察�and for whose richness I can vouch�察�and                     choose our 

season     and   our   day   to  start  forth�察  �on   some    glorious     September      or 

October   morning�察  �to   see   what   last   night's   equinoctial      gale   has   swept 

from   the   populous   shallows   of   Torbay�察  �and   cast   up�察   �high   and   dry�察  �on 

Paignton sands。 

     Torbay is a place which should be as much endeared to the                   naturalist 

as to the patriot and   to the artist。        We cannot gaze on          its blue ring of 

water�察  �and   the   great   limestone   bluffs   which   bound     it   to   the   north   and 

south�察�without a glow passing   through our              hearts�察�as we remember  the 

terrible and glorious pageant which             passed by in the glorious July days 



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of   1588�察  �when   the   Spanish      Armada   ventured   slowly   past   Berry   Head�察�

with   Elizabeth's   gallant      pack   of   Devon   captains   ��for   the   London   fleet 

had not yet joined��        following fast in its wake�察�and dashing into the midst 

of   the   vast  line�察 �undismayed   by  size   and   numbers�察  �while   their   kin   and 

friends     stood watching and praying on the cliffs�察�spectators of Britain's 

Salamis。      The white line of houses�察�too�察�on the other side of the                  bay�察�is 

Brixham�察�famed as the landing´place of William of Orange�察                     �the stone on 

the    pier´head�察   �which    marks     his  first  footsteps    on    British    ground�察    �is 

sacred   in   the   eyes   of   all   true   English   Whigs�察  �and   close   by   stands   the 

castle of the settler of Newfoundland�察 �Sir               Humphrey Gilbert�察 �Raleigh's 

half´brother�察�most learned of all           Elizabeth's admirals in life�察�most pious 

and heroic in death。         And     as for scenery�察�though it can boast of neither 

mountain peak nor          dark fiord�察�and would seem tame enough in the eyes 

of a western       Scot or Irishman�察�yet Torbay surely has a soft beauty of its 

own。       The rounded hills slope gently to the sea�察�spotted with squares of 

emerald grass�察�and rich red fallow fields�察�and parks full of                  stately timber 

trees。    Long lines of tall elms run down to the very                 water's edge�察�their 

boughs      unwarped      by   any    blast�察  �here   and   there    apple     orchards     are 

bending   under   their   loads   of   fruit�察  �and   narrow    strips   of   water´meadow 

line    the  glens�察  �where     the   red  cattle   are   already     lounging     in   richest 

pastures�察  �within     ten   yards   of   the   rocky   pebble     beach。     The   shore     is 

silent   now�察  �the    tide   far  out�此 �but   six    hours    hence   it   will   be  hurling 

columns of rosy foam high into the               sunlight�察�and sprinkling passengers�察�

and   cattle�察  �and   trim   gardens     which   hardly   know   what   frost   and   snow 

may be�察�but see the flowers            of autumn meet the flowers of spring�察�and 

the old year linger       smilingly to twine a garland for the new。              No wonder 

that such a spot a
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