Identifier: birdsnature541899chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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yagain took their places the same asbefore and began again the same quad-rille—advancing, meeting, bowing, andretreating. It was the prettiest and most grace-ful little society affair you can im-agine! There was no music—no songthat I could hear—yet every little birdin every turn and step while the dancewas on, moved a^ to a measured har--mony Did the birds keep time—time, ina sort of runic rhyme to melody intheir hearts, or to a symphony, Icould not hear, but which goes upnceasingly like a hymn of praise fromnatures great orchestra? I longed toknow. In my delight and desire to learnmore of the bewitching bird-play, Ihalf forgot I was a clumsy woman, andan unconscious movement betrayed mypresence. The little sjentinel nearestme quickly lifted his brown head, andspying me gave his signal—how, Icould not guess, for not a sound wasuttered; but all the dancers stretchedtheir little necks an instant and spedaway. In a moment the ground wascleared and the dancers came notback. 176
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PRESENTED BY LOUIS G. KUNZE. ENGLISH GRAPES.% Life-size. ..■wwLi^J. A ^UA fiMl^iJSmUJi THE GRAPE. C. C. M, THE name grape is from theFrench grappe, a bunch ofgrapes; from the same root asgripe or grab, to grasp. It isone of the most valuable fruits, notonly because of its use in the manufac-ture of wine, and is the source alsofrom which brandy, vinegar, and tar-taric acid are obtained, but because,both in a fresh and dried state, it formsnot a mere article of luxury, but agreat part of the food of the inhabi-tants of some countries. The cultivation of the vine was in-troduced into England by the Romans,and of late years its cultivation hasmuch increased in gardens, on the wallsof suburban villas and of cottages, butchiefly for the sake of the fresh fruit,although wine is also made in smallquantities for domestic use. The first attempt at the culture ofthe vine in the United States for wine-making was in Florida in 1564; and another was made by the British colonistin 1620. In Delawar

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