The Archive · 1936

A Country Diary

April 12—The morning was sott lowing stonishing reply: "The water is inthe "Minghong. country near' saar Shit Mien or Shui Trai, Tt was 2 "Yes, but none the less spon-|.ooq, 1 hoard the unmistakeable, formerly used in the Sung dynasty epeoy, an Chal accontaks melancholy call of a Yangtsze Green for making a coarse kind of paper Woodpecker: following this up gag "uz women certainly are patron-|grecn form sliding up the trunk of @ it is said to be cooling, peptic, emolexpected to see the familiar grey- and dried for food called Tat Fu called Tai Chih and it is, gathered 7 toag barbershons nowadays" id talkative barbers right!"

"Yes, and it serves some of these|aiways reminds me of a cat climbing and cinnabar poisoning... have each-trow in that jerky manner which lent and i wed for Inunza, es fa tree in search of mischief. But, amined your sample with a micro-Fz Proof thought hourd the call given again scope and definitely consider it to be Trot on: "Do you find it more econo- [considerably puszied, 1 happened tol fr" a generic' term, including' the there was no Woodpecker to be seen: the "fresh water Algae" Zygnema; this ie mical to do your own cooking."

Housewife: "Very much so—my|M". Woodpecker running about in which shows that it pays 10 ask ques-look at the ground and there was) Spirogyra or "brook silk."

All of hnusbend doesn't eat half as much 35 fat absurd, unbirdlike manner which ch ions, even about a" slimy" Weed,..~ he ured to"

Woodpeckers have, when the and should, 1 think, make the laic id

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