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VOL. VIII.--NO. 355.

OCTOBER 16, 1886.

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THE BROOK AND ITS BANKS.

BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD, M.A., Author of "The Handy Natural History."

"Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays,
As through the glen it dimpl't;
Whyles round a rocky scaur it strays;
Whyles in a weil it dimpl't;
Whyles glittered to the nightly rays,
Wi' bickering, dancing dazzle;
Whyles cookit underneath the braes
Below the spreading hazel."

_Burns: "Halloween."_

[Illustration: THE BROOK AND ITS BANKS.]


CHAPTER I.