They clung to the purple moors behind and around their dwelling--to the hollow vale into which the pebbly bridle-path leading from their gate descended, and which wound between fern-banks first, and then amongst a few of the wildest little pasture-fields that ever bordered a wilderness of heath, or gave sustenance to a flock of grey moorland sheep, with their little mossy- faced lambs:--they clung to this scene, I say, with a perfect enthusiasm of attachment.
Esse amavano quei pantani rossastri che circondavano la loro abitazione, e la valle, alla quale conduceva il sentiero sassoso, che partiva dal loro cancello, e che era tracciato fra le eriche, e più distante fra i prati più aridi che avessero mai nutrito un branco di pecore.