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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
7
February
8.
Joe
became
the
mother
of
one
kitten
to-day.
It
was
born
at
1.20.
It
is
a
tiny
little
thing.
One
would
almost
call
it
deformed.
It
is
gray.
March
18.
Our
Goldfinch
roosts
at
5.30.
Joe's
kitten
is
a
very
small
one.
"Magpie"
is
its
name.
March
28.
Went
our
usual
ramble.
But
we
were
unfortunate
from
the
very
beginning.
First,
when
we
reached
the
"Nightjar
Field,"
we
found
there
were
two
men
at
the
bottom
of
it
cutting
the
hedge,
so
we
decided
not
to
venture
on,
as
Gimbo
and
Bounce
were
with
us,
and
it
would
look
like
poaching.
Later
on,
we
came
to
a
splendid
wood,
but
had
to
withdraw
hastily
from
it,
an
old
farmer
giving
us
a
severe
chase.
There
were
innumerable
rabbits
in
the
wood,
so,
of
course,
the
dogs
barked
hard.
I
gave
them
a
sound
beating
when
we
got
back
out
of
danger,
The
old
farmer
is
known
as
"Bale
the
Bell-hanger."
April
2.
I
was
glad
yesterday
to
see
the
egg
season
so
well
in.
I
shall
have
to
get
blow-pipes
and
egg
drills.
Spring
has
really
arrived
and
even
the
grasshoppers
are
beginning
to
stridulate,
yet
Burke
describes
these
little
creatures
as
being
"loud
and
troublesome"
and
the
chirp
unpleasant.
Like
Samuel
Johnson,
he
must
have
preferred
brick
walls
to
green
hedges.
Many
people
go
for
a
walk
and
yet
are
unable
to
admire
Nature
simply
because
their
power
of
observation
is
untrained.
Of
course
some
are
not
suited
to
the
study
at
all
and
do
not
trouble
themselves
about
it.
In
that
case
they
should
not
talk
of
what
they
do
not
understand....
I
might
have
noticed
that
I
have
used
the
term
"Study
of
Nature."
But
it
cannot
be
called
a
study.
It
is
a
pastime
of
sheer
delight,
with
naught
but
beautiful
dreams
and
lovely
thoughts,
where
we
are
urged
forward
by
the
fact
that
we
are
in
God's
world
which
He
made
for
us
to
be
our
comfort
in
time
of
trouble....
Language
cannot
express
the
joy
and
happy
forgetfulness
during
a
ramble
in
the
country.
I
do
not
mean
that
all
the
ins
and
outs
and
exact
knowledge
of
a
naturalist
are
necessary
to
produce
such
delight,
but
merely
the
common
objects--Sun,
Thrush,
Grasshopper,
Primrose,
and
Dew.
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