27 JUNE 1931, Page 14

Country Life

A NATURALISTS' TRUST.

Of all the schemes and ideas for preserving the animals and flowers—and, indeed, scenery of England—I know none that seems to me more quietly effective, if I may say so, more humane, than those put into practice and fostered by the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust. What it has done, and hopes to do, is of interest far outside the bounds of the county ; has, indeed, found support from overseas as well as from many parts of Britain. I have been wandering about some of the sanctuaries acquired by the Trust, and write of what I have seen. A number of characteristic places, homes of birds and animals and flowers, that have too few sanctuaries have been acquired and will remain " in perpetuity " " unsullied of the world," immune from the so-called march of civilization.

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