Excerpt from Man and Nature on the Broads Broadland offers to all its patrons something that will make their holiday jaunt pleasurable even in remembrance. The angler finds its waters teeming with hungry denizens; to the yachtsman it offers advantages unparalleled in the king dom; the artist who loves the picturesque finds in it an cl Dorado; the archaeologist, the botanist, and the entomologist will find plenty to see and do whilst the ad mirer of things ornithological may travel far and wide in search of a happier hunt ...
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Excerpt from Man and Nature on the Broads Broadland offers to all its patrons something that will make their holiday jaunt pleasurable even in remembrance. The angler finds its waters teeming with hungry denizens; to the yachtsman it offers advantages unparalleled in the king dom; the artist who loves the picturesque finds in it an cl Dorado; the archaeologist, the botanist, and the entomologist will find plenty to see and do whilst the ad mirer of things ornithological may travel far and wide in search of a happier hunt ing-ground. To the strong the Broad district is exhilarating, and to the weakly health-giving; and he who wants for nothing, save perfect rest and quietude, may here idle away the longest summer's day in perfect happiness, undisturbed by the jostling of his fellows or the costliness of his well-earned holiday. The air is dry and bracing; the annual rainfall is below many other districts in the kingdom. The Broadland native is a hardy, docile being, with a tawny, sun-scorched beard, a fair skin and a ruddy complexion, a nose that savours of the aquiline, and mild blue eyes, with Norse or Danish blood in his veins mixed with a dash' of Saxon. His vocabulary is limited, but his tongue is easy-going, and 'lets fly' a strange jargon spiced with stray Danish derivatives and a host of curious accents. Let us hie away then into Broadland, taking our first glimpse and impressions with the New Year's advent, when the cold north winds whirl the plumy snow flakes hither and thither, and the leafless reed-stems rustle strange music as the gusts of winter sway them to and fro; and the erstwhile tranquil waters of the Broad are flinging foam-tipped waves into their midst, or may be, when the merry skaters glide to and fro upon its glassy surface, and the starving coot, at his wits' end, has flown to the nearest estuary in search of needful sustenance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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