Not caring about returning  to town the same night, and there being no place nearer  than Bromley where I could lodge, and besides, being  unwilling to enter a public-house, I determined to pass  the night in the field where I was. Night came on  apace, and I had seen no human face since I entered  the meadow ; so I set to work and made two of the  hay-cocks into one large heap, at a short distance from  the wood-side : and then, mole-like, burrowed into the  middle of the hay, just leaving my head outside for a  little fresh air, and free for any observations I might  have occasion to make, as well as to watch the course  of the moon, which had risen in unclouded beauty. Here,  then, was a soft, warm, and deliciously sweet-scented bed,  made in quick time ; and I had not rested long before  I found it necessary to throw off a layer or two of my  fragrant covering, for I began to get too hot. At length  sleep overcame me, but how long I had remained in that  state, when I awoke, I cannot say ; I had a confused idea  of elves, spirits, fairies, and such-like imaginary beings  haunting me in my sleep.  R.J.Balston Notes on the birds of Kent (1907) 241