CHAPTER VI.

Midsummer in the Fields -- the Spiritual Effect of Green Fields at Midsummer -- True Wisdom of Izaak Walton -- Delicious Haunts of the Angler at this Season -- Profound Repose of Trees -- Rich Mosaic of Fields -- Sound of Birds at this Season -- Mowers at work -- Delights of Brooksides, with their Plants and Insects -- Curious Metamorphosis of Midges -- Beauty of Dragon-flies -- Summer Birds -- Feelings connected with this fleeting Season 159