So I disappear through the dry, knotted tussocks of the park grass.

The vegetation grew, not over the whole, but in innumerable tussocks, which made walking very difficult.

So I disappear through the dry, knotted tussocks of the park grass.

Flocks and herds might roam amongst the pale tussock grass of the slopes and bottoms without fear either of man, beast, climate, or poisonous plant.