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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 





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March Brook Photography. 



In the early part of March, or later if 

 the weather continues cold, is the best 



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"open season" for camera hunting in the 

 brooks. Water and banks are then in 

 the most picturesque condition of the 

 whole year. 



But who can explain those marvelous 

 fairy castle formations on the overhang- 

 ing banks, or the still more puzzling 

 cakes of ice held by far drawn down, 



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blender branches? What pulls down 

 these branches, and why does the ice so 

 persist when attached to the twigs? 

 Sometimes in places of deep, compara- 

 tively still water a slender limb will hold 

 a large field of ice. 



We invite camera studies and careful 

 observation to explain these beautiful 

 and queer formations that "play'' up 

 and down the stream, pulling on the 

 branch and tree as a huge fish might 



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line and pole. 



CAKES OF ICE HELD BY FAR DRAWN DOWN, SLENDER BRANCHES. 



