[2.] hern. Heron.

[3.] bicker. To move unsteadily.

[4.] thorps. Small villages. A. S. thorpe. From Ger. trupp, a troop.

[5.] foreland. A promontory.

[6.] hazel covers. Hazel thickets.

[7.] gloom. Glimmer, shine obscurely.

[8.] shingly. Gravelly.


THE LOTOS-EATERS.