| Title | : | Next to the Ground: Chronicles of a Countryside (Classic Reprint) |
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| ISBN | : | 1332060951 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781332060955 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 |
| Publication | : | First published July 28, 2015 |
Excerpt from Next to the Ground
Major Baker, the master of White Oaks, was merciful to his beasts, especially his plough beasts. He knew they got their best, sleep in the hour or two before dawn, as he knew also that for fallowing they needed all the strength sleep and rest could give. He liked to think' of them stretched at ease, sometimes. Even snoring as a tired man snores. Waking them to be fed about the second chicken crow, was, to his Way of looking at things, haste without speed.
Major Baker, the master of White Oaks, was merciful to his beasts, especially his plough beasts. He knew they got their best, sleep in the hour or two before dawn, as he knew also that for fallowing they needed all the strength sleep and rest could give. He liked to think' of them stretched at ease, sometimes. Even snoring as a tired man snores. Waking them to be fed about the second chicken crow, was, to his Way of looking at things, haste without speed.