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Evan loved Rose deeply and completely, but noble manhood was strong in him. You may sneer at us, if you please, ladies. We have been educated in a theory, that when you lead off with the bow, the order of Nature is reversed, and it is no wonder therefore, that, having stript us of one attribute, our fine feathers moult, and the majestic cock-like march which distinguishes us degenerates.
In summer, when the wildfowl which bred on so many of the lakes in the Blackfeet country lost their flight-feathers, during the moult, and again in the late summer, when the young ducks and geese were almost fullgrown but could not yet fly, the Indians often went in large parties to the shallow lakes which here and there dotted the prairie, and, driving the birds to shore, killed them in large numbers.
So when I see the universities conferring degrees on any one, or the learned societies moulting the yearly medals as peacocks moult their tails, I am so conscious of disapproval as to feel sure I should like a degree or a medal too if they would only give me one, and hence I conclude that my disapproval is grounded in nothing more serious than a superficial, transient jealousy. The Roman Empire
And yet it was not altogether like home, either, because so many members of the family were away. We missed some pleasant faces which we would rather have found at dinner, and at night there were gaps in the euchre-parties which could not be satisfactorily filled. "Moult" was in England, Jack in Switzerland, Charley in Spain. Blucher was gone, none could tell where.
How the good-natured crowd, easily pleased, gathers round the Ethiopian troubadour, trolling in unison his amorous catches! Daisy, Daisy, donne-moi ta reponse. And hark! Do you not hear in the distance the squeak of Puncinello? Ah! why have we none of this happy carelessness in England? we who take our pleasures moult tristement why have we not this lightheartedness, this camaraderie of enjoyment?
We must, however, remember that many birds, such as some of the Birds of Paradise, the Argus pheasant and peacock, do not cast their plumes during the winter; and it can hardly be maintained that the constitution of these birds, at least of the Gallinaceae, renders a double moult impossible, for the ptarmigan moults thrice in the year.
James, quite the secure, backed her up. "I should go if I were you," he said to Lucy from behind the Morning Post. "It will do you a great deal of good. You always choose February to moult in, and you will have to be feathered down there. Besides, it's evident you can be useful to Mabel." Lucy went so far as to get out her engagement book, and to turn up the date, not very seriously.
"I'm not cross!" she assured him. "I'd rather be a woman for you than an angel. Angels are cold, far-off, impossible things that men can't grasp. Besides, their wings would probably moult." Nick laughed, a pleasant, soft laugh, half under his breath. "Say, I don't picture angels with wings!
Gibbs, Sir D., on differences of the voice in different races of men. Gill, Dr., male seals larger than females; sexual differences in seals. Giraffe, its mode of using the horns; mute, except in the rutting season. Giraud-Teulon, on the cause of short sight. Glanders, communicable to man from the lower animals. Glands, odoriferous, in mammals. Glareola, double moult in.
"The birds in this country moult twice during the year, and those of the most brilliant colours exchange their gaudy hues for a sober grey or brown. Several varieties sing beautifully; the swallow also sings, although in Europe I have never heard it attempt more than its well-known twitter.
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