A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.
Surely one may as profitably be soaked in the juices of a swamp for one day as pick his way dry-shod over sand. Cold and damp ? are they not as rich experience as warmth and dryness?
The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for them to dry their fish on.
The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.