THE AGASSIZ ASS( >CIATI< >N 



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"IN THE ROCKY CANYONS WHERE THE TROUT FLASH.' 



I enclose several photographs that 

 may interest you and that you are at 

 liberty to use as you may desire. The 

 one showing my assistants is splendid. 

 It was taken as one of the students 

 happened to come in, and is "just as 

 we are." 



In Which Part are You? 



Every subscriber to this magazine 

 at. $1.00 a year, is receiving what costs 

 about twice that amount. A part of 

 the deficit is met by membership dues, 

 a part by contributions, while a part 

 still remains in unpaid bills against 

 The Agassiz Association. 



If you cannot afford more than a 

 dollar, we shall be glad to continue 

 your subscription at that price. This 

 is the purpose of the membership fees 

 and contributions. 



If you can pay more we earnestly 

 invite you to become one of those 

 (members or contributors) that are 

 helping, in a missionary spirit, to 

 spread widely a knowledge and a love 

 of nature. A large part of the cost of 

 any magazine is in the making of the 

 first copy. If we could add five hun- 

 dred subscribers to our list, even at 

 $1.00 each, they would not only aid 

 financially, but would greatly enlarge 

 the usefulness of the work. See list of 

 contributors and new members on 

 pages 86 and 87 of the July number. 



Our Influence in Texas. 



Beeville, Texas. 

 To the Editor : 



I so greatly enjoy The Guide to 

 Nature that I would not like to be 

 without it. My queen bee mating yard 

 of more than one thousand hives and 

 nuclei is six miles from the town and 

 "near to nature." Through the influ- 

 ence of The Guide to Nature we have 

 purposely arranged to have nature in 

 her untrammelled beauty as conspicu- 

 ous as possible. The birds are fed, the 

 squirrels and other wild animal life 

 are becoming accustomed to us and are 

 recognizing us as their friends. An 

 owl's nest is less than forty feet from 

 our dining shed. At times we could 

 see five young owls peering out of the 

 same hole in the tree and apparently 

 wondering what "manner of man" we 

 are. A little later five came out and 

 took their stand "all in a row" on a 

 limb. 



It is only the rattlers upon which we 

 wage war. In this dense forest of tree 

 and brush we have plenty of them. In 

 this ten acre space, purchased ex- 

 pressly for a queen mating yard, while 

 I live in peace with all other of God's 

 creatures, I am waging war on the 

 rattler. I came near stepping on one 

 a few days ago, but his timely warning 

 prevented. 



Yours respectfully, 



W. H. Laws. 



