Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1919

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lWl flivm "hat ••
rt it~uld tAl.euch '81periments, haa 01
actively he~ dilfeND" acboofa ia
.tt~mJ;lt ~~ tilre f
moreover. in thil particular jourae it hal
Jlot. oilly riVeD tJae eDClOUraplMnt of ite
.uction: but allO a bstantial ltaJI,t i. aid
01 our funds. But
in8trumeata in edu.
tation a.... in t~
Y', very coatIy. The:r
melUl the maiateaa.e of at least t1I'ent.J
.,rowilll lads tor ..., period from . . . . to
twen~..eigl!t . dan-Ul our case, ~ea--tu
e&7 htUe 01 otw eqlen_. OOHIIqueatb
other IOUrc.e of iIlce.fe have to be fouad.
Puttinl the ~t . )ow-' vis:,,'l ,..r
head. you ..
arrtte at "tit for ~ . . . .
bel' of lads we
; to thil muet=decI
the cost of 'P~ration-booka.
teriale,
maps. journey ' bOok. the ..e-ry
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01 th08e' in ehe.....
.~.. heD yob jarrivlI at
'a still greater " um. Thi. :leu tht ;CMjIPUy
book ... hich ie .• to~. ~iae to t)le dliltrld
traversed. a short
,Jiendilim of '.11 t~'t
is neM,d, and a .u.dbcolt .of 1II&tten!. i~
torical • •eorra.bi~ 'botanlcal, ....IuIlCWltal. etc., 1I'~ kiadJ), fUPpliecl. eave .for GOa:pilatioii. wntiJaa .... manifolding. b.:r an
old fried of st. OOes'-Kr. parnell. 01
Lolldon Street-and • very eubltaJatial gift
-it Wall As i, lIIual. e bulk of the -m.
ill1f f d to be ra '
was givea by Irianc»
wlio
ve . .vel' celled to laelp Iiaoe. or
Ibortl after, tll. illltitution of the joVaey
in 1 . To th_ ". are d.eepcr i.jlebtecl.
and
the tiek of olfind~ them their
D a r e appeaded: lfilll Thacke~J Mr.
and
iss GoOcIereon lfisa DarIiDa'. Mr. H.
J. Pe is. lIr. B.. 8. ~~. aDd )Ire.
Mr.
T . Higgs. Profeseor E. 1. ~rle•
Dr. Eta~. Ili.. ~ton. llr. H
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Dry W!'iJht,
Rev. R. de ·K. bOIl.
:Mr.
Dard Sutton. Lieut.-Colonel Poulton,
llr. 1rDrnelJ
add ion tQ ·journey book).
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)liII Oke,,:!'!!)or, Kia
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Goddard.
l:'~l~~il~()r E. 1
son. Yr. J. Cooper,
• and Mr. Bar...tt. New 811b:rear..... very Ifenerous 011_,
found ill Ve8'sr8. T. GJ1!PIJ. w.
C. O. Fox, and O. Herford. In
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lanes of Purl."

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Streatley , we foulld JIII&Q- pw.t.; . ~ IlIiv'"
eome litt{~ '01' In'eat f.t.... ot iIlt8nat• . Thi
pmaleDce of '*iCh t~·.icf 'tftnU.r'IJ jOt
on the e1aalk (ilie abe8JlC1i of oo!Pila in tilt
I.tter bein, poiDted out b:r one youtb) WIll
dillCOIMd. QUite gorpGUlI apecma- ef the
reat mollein <ween even moN ~rioull)'
,ro"'in, on tbe ,. ewitohback" ~her up)
were ~OWiDB on a balIk you faoscl 1D ere.inr the flnit · railtra), bri. .bovePaUbourne. Mallow., both .....t aad _D •
were proflJMlly ~inr aJO.. the roadaide..
and the e . .r·p.....t ...... Iu_~e harD
Iobert-u well u aa IIna aaaller ~
01 that lJIIICiee. --.eel to be· ...~ .. ~
eoloaratii.- than. wh.. .-ra, tH towII.
)(u,. of w..Ier oaa,iGll. ~ort (up the
,,!\ilw., outtiJur in tlali cla&lk)" an4 nW~r
.utcllwort, J.aerpM 111 to carry CIa _ , . late1wtiag talks; U well aa to 1IaaiP. the
~ that wu DOW lIeco_iq __ Nnt.
At Buil«JOIl .n et(!OCl still to la~ abo"t ~e
formation of t1ae Gap! Af~rwant.- a p'!rfeet .ueBee as they waIbel, ~her With
inquiries as tc .. Ho... far olf 18' Bt....t1e:y
DO... '" ...ere a w.rning -that it 11'&8 time
to ...t .nd J'Â¥,t, eo we tUraed into a lane
I~i.. over tile reilroad at Buildon _4
~ our firat Juaeb; Afterward. we reeieII
lOme time. with our feet uppennust, aIad.
I!!trfectll rel ....hed, ""umed our jouI'M1 to
8ireatlel_ '
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The way was eharmlng. 10 de1i«htful ia thie
",e. thollfrlI conMCrateci DOWada.)'l to
tJae motor-ear. but evell tJUe oanaot ~
from its beauty. One 11'0_1'8 if Readiat'
folk a'ppreoiate that uquieite h&DJTiaIt ...~.
Tbere ill another &41'O1!11 the valle)' lhat 18
appreciated to the full. but perheJIII the haste
...hicb aoooDlpaJLiee travel with • .ia,r1e obj~tive 116fV_ to obliviate beauti .. 11), the
What a ,1't!8t deal eve..,.oae. el!Il9'
the walker equipPed ..nth a little kD_ ......
of ordinal')' things aDd ...ith an e..,.. otraiaed
by experieDce. must miss I Past Strea,1e,full of .. isitors and gaily deoo~te.d tar peaee
festivities-we breMted the rise In the roa~
and n~bed tbe bifurcation. Leavinll' the
tarred rOad altd ita smooth rUllDiq. witb
our second team in the strinl8 of the C&~
...e entered the old road proper. with the
81'01'8 . 01 the Downs in front. What a ~
liJrhttal vie... is !>eIOn!i. ~A I To the left ~be
.ileat Do... ns. topped WIth :pllrple patoMB'.
la the dietance-w0cid8 of bieeli or tir; th._
.taep-ejdecl valleys, dry and aoatll oultid'
vated. and the lon, roachlieappean~ a.
reappearing until it reaeheI ·the bl(r~
sPIIl'lIeyoiad. when for a time it ie 1000t. lIatU
we. too,- have pined a ,reate~ .lti~u.....keD
Dewer alternations .11.-1' III, VJIIW. Here
AUld theN the ....,. iI borde... by t , - torming .: Italy tu...};- .ery .. r-.Ne to .. taW, If\1t ofteDer it pas_ ~Il ~
,!,1i:~'" ot barle,.. or oat • wh~ aplII ~ve
tc IPUlI lel4s. ~r )l'hlO". M I
a8 Dot. you will ... II bare daah. alara
by yoo.r .. presence. ye~ not !"holly fflll~ul.
for he "ill pall.. at a ~ distance to nlw
your actioDs. To the right the ~ldtl fall
steeply iDto R...t~
bows. tben r_. ud
"IIin cIesoend. baU SPreadiaB out to the
riv..... ect.e, ..ntb an appaftlnt level J.wn.
Be)'Ond. at Dret. y. broken bere &lid
tbere wi,th an isola I ,spaemodic k:noll or
two. the lalld ri_ 1'1 ply to tbe !JlnlteJ'Dl,
10 that the eye travels lint &eJ'08Il a ....~l
of' arean. crossed by dark hedlerow•• unti
it tiseII to the dark purple of wood~rowned
upl.Dde.
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"Hereabouta is • IMl radilJe of the botanist
lIud lover o~ natore. Tb~ bare ~wns •
...j)ieb "e mOstly travel. Ylelcl then treaeurea
f,"ly. KDap weedJ with ,iant tl'umpete.
IfCSl'pcl1ul),
lourea II recJdieh por.; the
,reatel' .and Ie
scabious. Ia...aer blue
...aVitai at be head of lon, .Ik" among
the lon.. r 11'&_ of the binnad.ry baDb;
and the china-blue clUco17 I!r IU_ry. wbOfle
80were are placed on theIr staIb a ODe
plaoee II rosette 0!l coats at IJ'.~ tjmee. ktpt
l0Yous holiday Wlih tb~. _ ~lth . the~ t~
aelicate ,h irbell. · reV'811mr ·lD the ~~,
and the urlk.b1ve oluste~ bell _we.r.
sti.er and Ie$8 lQY8I;f, combiDe to help m
picture typical 01 .the Dc!Wilce!"
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. "But oh I tlae frM and wild JDIICIl
nee
'Of nature, in her lavish ho.un. dotll 8teal.
In admiratiOll. sileat
mtea"'i
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The lOul 01 him;. who b.tk • IOU to feel.
The riYar
on ita _ l...."ay.
The vetdaDC ....eh of meadows lair and

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:KINDNESS.
As is also u$ual 011 th_ OOcasiOD8. the
iVicar ot St. pn... (the Rev. F . J. C. GHI·
;IIor) entered ...ith chenieteristic enthusiasm
into the 'work of 'Preparation. To him we
o...e, in the first pIA
our visit to Look in...
• nd. Indeed~. the: arnlMe_ota for all of our
,. etoppiDg.pl~. Ila}he midat of so' many
activities. to find tillle for our peeds. is reall,
most kind. but kiad_ .ie commonplace in
Jtim.

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. The journey
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blue hill' ·that bound the .~lvall
I:p8I\Jr of grandeur,. that de6etl

Etemal ,Arehitect on Ili,b.
on all Hil ' works -His own