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Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

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About This Book

A naturalist leads a series of seasonal country walks with his children, describing plants, birds, insects, freshwater creatures, fungi, and small mammals encountered on moors, fields, ponds, and woods. Each walk pairs close observational notes with accessible natural-history explanations and simple field activities intended for young readers. Entries cover identification, nesting and life-cycle details, feeding habits, and occasional parasites or curiosities, while emphasising careful looking and hands-on learning. Numerous illustrations and reduced copies of ornithological plates support the text and aim to prompt children to observe and investigate the living world themselves.

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INVENTION AND DISCOVERY

A COLLECTION
OF
INTERESTING ANECDOTES.

BY

RALPH and CHANDOS TEMPLE.

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BY

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Transcriber's Notes:

Some illustrations were repositioned to avoid breaking up sentences.

Original spelling and punctuation were retained from the printed book, including spelling inconsistencies (i.e.: kestrel and kestril) except for the following changes:

Page 1: where-ever changed to wherever for consistency.
(to admire wherever we stroll)

Page 10: ear-bones changed to earbones for consistency.
(a mole's earbones)

Page 10: to day changed to to-day for consistency.
(setting any more traps to-day?)

Page 15: fore-arms changed to forearms for consistency.
(his forearms are something)

Page 30: added closing quotes.
(Try, try, try again.")

Page 78: water crow-foot changed to water-crowfoot for consistency.
(spawning amongst that water-crowfoot,)

Page 107: added quotes to continuation of quote.
(says, "taken near Norwich)

Page 110: Ply changed to Fly.
(Fly thee home, lady-bird, ere it be gone.)

Page 118: bind-weed changed to bindweed for consistency.
(the greater bindweed, with its large)

Page 125: added quotes to show second paragraph continues quote.
("She indicates her desire to sit)

Page 146: in the Fungi illustration, the backwards 3 has been righted.