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they saw the light again in the face of the ice´cliff�察           �and dropped out of it 

under   the   melting   of   the   summer   sun�察  �to   form   a   huge   dam   across   the 

ravine�察�till�察�the ;Ice age; past�察�a more         genial climate succeeded�察�and neve 

and   glacier   melted     away�此   �but    the   ;moraine;   of   stones     did   not�察 �and 

remains to this day�察�as the        dam which keeps up the waters of the lake。 

     There     is  my    explanation。      If   you    can   find   a  better�察  �do�此   �but 

remember       always    that  it  must   include    an   answer    to  ´  ;How     did  the 

stones get across the lake�拭─�

       Now�察�reader�察�we have had no abstruse science here�察�no long words�察�

not even a microscope or a book�此            �and yet we�察�as two plain          sportsmen�察�

have   gone   back�察�or   been led   back by  fact   and  common           sense�察 �into   the 

most awful and sublime depths�察�into an epos of the                  destruction and re´ 

creation of a former world。 

     This    is  but  a  single   instance�察   �I  might   give   hundreds。      This    one�察�

nevertheless�察�may have some effect in awakening you to the                      boundless 

world of wonders which is all around you�察�and make   you                     ask   yourself 

seriously�察 �What branch of Natural History shall I              begin to investigate�察�if 

it be but for a few weeks�察�this summer�拭─�

     To which I answer�察�Try ;the Wonders of the Shore。;                 There are along 

every   sea´beach   more   strange   things   to   be   seen�察  �and   those   to   be  seen 

easily�察�than in any other field of observation which you will                find in these 

islands。    And on the shore only will you have the               enjoyment of finding 

new species�察�of adding your mite to the            treasures of science。 

     For not only the English ferns�察�but the natural history of all our                land 

species�察    �are   now     well´nigh     exhausted。       Our     home     botanists     and 



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ornithologists are spending their time now�察�perforce�察�in verifying                      a few 

obscure   species�察  �and   bemoaning   themselves�察  �like Alexander�察              �that   there 

are no more worlds left to conquer。               For the geologist�察       �indeed�察�and the 

entomologist�察  �especially   in   the   remoter   districts�察       �much   remains   to   be 

done�察  �but   only   at   a   heavy   outlay   of   time�察  �labour�察  �and   study�察  �and   the 

dilettante   ��and   it   is   for   dilettanti�察�like   myself�察  �that   I   principally   write�� 

must be content to tread in           the tracks of greater men who have preceded 

him�察�and accept at        second or third hand their foregone conclusions。 

     But this is most unsatisfactory�察�for in giving up discovery�察�one                    gives 

up    one   of   the   highest    enjoyments      of   Natural    History。     There      is   a 

mysterious   delight   in   the   discovery   of   a   new   species�察  �akin   to      that   of 

seeing   for   the   first   time�察  �in   their   native   haunts�察  �plants  or   animals   of 

which one has till then only read。             Some�察�surely�察�who          read these pages 

have experienced that latter delight�察�and�察�though                 they might find it hard 

to   define    whence     the   pleasure    arose�察  �know      well    that  it  was   a  solid 

pleasure�察  �the   memory   of   which   they   would         not   give   up   for   hard   cash。 

Some�察�surely�察�can recollect�察�at their             first sight of the Alpine Soldanella�察�

the   Rhododendron�察  �or   the       black   Orchis�察  �growing   upon   the   edge   of   the 

eternal snow�察�a thrill       of emotion not unmixed with awe�察�a sense that they 

were�察�as it     were�察�brought face to face with the creatures of another world�察�

that Nature was independent of them�察�not merely they of her�察�that                        trees 

were not merely made to build their houses�察�or herbs to feed                     their cattle�察�

as they looked on those wild gardens amid the wreaths                     of the untrodden 

snow�察�which had lifted their gay flowers to the                 sun year after year since 

the   foundation   of   the   world�察  �taking   no     heed   of   man�察  �and   all   the   coil 

which he keeps in the valleys far            below。 

     And even�察�to take a simpler instance�察�there are those who will                    excuse�察�

or even approve of�察�a writer for saying that�察�among the                      memories of a 

month's   eventful   tour�察  �those   which        stand   out   as   beacon´points�察      �those 

round which all the others group themselves�察                 �are the first wolf´track by 

the road´side in the Kyllwald�察�the            first sight of the blue and green Roller´ 

birds�察  �walking      behind    the   plough      like  rooks   in   the  tobacco´fields   of 

Wittlich�察�the first ball       of Olivine scraped out of the volcanic slag´heaps 

of the Dreisser´ Weiher�察�the first pair of the Lesser Bustard flushed upon 



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the    downs      of   the   Mosel´kopf�察      �the   first  sight   of  the   cloud    of   white 

Ephemerae�察        �fluttering in the dusk like a summer snowstorm between us 

and   the    black   cliffs   of   the   Rheinstein�察  �while   the   broad   Rhine   beneath 

flashed     blood´red      in  the   blaze   of   the   lightning    and    the  fires   of   the 

Mausenthurm          ´  a   lurid   Acheron      above     which     seemed      to  hover     ten 

thousand unburied ghosts�察�and last�察�but not least�察�on the lip of                       the vast 

Mosel´kopf   crater   ´   just   above   the   point   where   the   weight       of   the   fiery 

lake has burst the side of the great slag´cup�察�and                    rushed forth between 

two cliffs of clink´stone across the downs�察�in                  a clanging stream of fire�察�

damming   up   rivulets�察  �and   blasting   its         path   through   forests�察  �far   away 

toward the valley of the Moselle ´               the sight of an object for which was 

forgotten for the moment that              battle´field of the Titans at our feet�察�and 

the    glorious     panorama�察       �Hundsruck        and    Taunus�察    �Siebengebirge        and 

Ardennes�察 �and   all the        crater peaks   around�察 �and   which   was   ´   smile   not�察�

reader ´ our first       yellow foxglove。 

     But   what   is   even   this   to   the   delight   of   finding   a   new   species�拭   �   of 

rescuing ��as it seems to you�� one more thought of the Divine mind                           from 

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