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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



REMARKABLE, OVERHANGING, FOLIATED 

 ARCHES. 



States. There are deeper gorges, 

 greater streams and higher mountains, 

 but in no other place is the combina- 

 tion so blended into a harmony so 

 perfect as to form such tempting bits 

 for the camera or the brush. 



Through the courtesies of Mr. 

 Charles H. Lounsbury of Stamford, 

 Connecticut, whose guest I was for 

 several days, I had the privilege of 

 wandering with my camera in these 

 scenes that speak so emphatically o< 

 the work of ages past, and of the pos- 

 sibilities as a place of recreation for 

 man now and in the future. One shares 

 in the exhilaration of plant and animal 

 growth on every hand. Mr. Louns- 



A VISTA UP THE RUIN OF BROKEN ROCKS. 



"APPEALS TO THE IMAGINATION EVEN IF NOT 

 TO THE ACTUAL ACT OF CLIMBING." 



bury's home is rightly named "Tree 

 Tops." From the veranda one may 

 look east and like a bird see the valley, 

 clown, down, so far below that the tree 

 tops are far beneath the observer, and 

 so densely massed together that the eye 

 cannot distinguish one tree from 

 another, but blends them into one soft, 

 deep, luxuriant canopy that covers in 

 beautiful patterns of varying shades 

 the entire valley, which slopes grandly 

 upward toward the rounding mountain 

 top. To the east, gleaming like a silver 

 arrow, lies the Hudson River, and far 

 beyond rises the Berkshire mountains. 

 One who is fortunate enough to see 



