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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及12何蛍
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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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