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MR. HOYT STARTING ON AN EXCURSION FOR MICROSCOPIC LIFE IN THE MARSHES. 



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interesting. We must keep on read 

 ink ahead. Life is too short to 

 back and re-read. I can sit down in 

 any place at any time and right there 

 and then see and hear enough that is 

 new. \\ 'hat's the use of going back 

 to vesterdav?" 



THE SUBSTANTIAL AND ATTRACTIVE 

 CHIMNEY OF THE CABIN. 



You find it also physically beneficial? 



"Yes. I practice deep breathing in 

 the woods. Stand up this way," as he 

 then illustrated, "throw the shoulders 

 back and breathe in, and in — so. Why 

 the woods are full of oxygen. Seems 

 to me more there than elsewhere. And 

 why not? The scientists tell us the 

 leaves are giving out oxygen. It seems 

 to me to be in the air strong and inspir- 

 ing. No place equal to the woods for 

 good breathing. I have no rule. I go 

 at it as I see fit. I believe I can thus 

 'stave off' a cold." 



Mr. Hoyt advocates crushing the 

 various aromatic leaves and enjoying 

 their odor. Thoreau also advocated 

 this, and the Japanese ideally practice 

 it by organizing parties which visit 

 the woods for this purpose. Mr. Hoyt 

 puts it as follows : 



"There is an aroma exhaled by cer- 

 tain trees by which they may be rec- 

 ognized at a considerable distance. 

 Did you ever smell the cedars on a hot 

 day? They have a curative quality." 



Mr. Hoyt also believes that "Some 

 of the most beneficial things are so 

 simple that most people won't practice 

 them. I believe in outdoor bathing in 

 brook or pond. It is a good thing 

 even to take an 'atmosphere bath' in 

 breezes and sunshine." 



As he saw me taking notes, he said: 



"I don't want that. I do not want 



you to tell about this. I'm just talk- 



