Nature Study. 69 



Mar. 7. Onion up an inch. 



Mar. 8. Watered to-day. 



Mar. 9. Watered to-day. 



Mar. 10. My onion does not take up all the room in the pot, so I have 



planted some beans on the edge. 

 Mar. 11. Watered to-day. 

 Mar. 12. Watered to-day. 

 Mar. 13. My bean does not come up yet. Watered again. 



Marjorie. 



Dear Uncle John: 



I am going to tell you about the last time I went out into the 

 coimtry. I and three more boys went to a near-by woods, called 

 Seepmores woods. We intended to get beechnuts, but when we got 

 there the outer shells hung on the tree, but the inside was gone. I 

 think the squirrels must have beaten us. So we went over the road 

 for a walk, and came to an apple tree which stood near the road. We 

 got quite a few apples here and then went further on. Soon we came 

 to a tree bearing snow-white apples. Now all four had our coats and 

 waists full, which amounted to nearly a bushel. Then we came back. 

 On the way back we got into a swamp and had to go back. Then we 

 saw a woodpecker sitting on a tree. One boy wanted to hit him with 

 a stone, but I said no, see what he does. He pecked on a tree and 

 then flew away. As he went so quick, I could not get a good look 

 at him, so I could not describe him. We were gone from 8 a. m. until 

 2 p.m. 



The other day we went after minnies because the Mohawk is 

 flooded. We did not go far because it was cold and we got no minnies. 



Yours with respect, Fred. 



Dear Uncle John: 



We went up the hill on Thursday afternoon as far as John Brady's 

 field, and while we were going over the road we stopped at his cabbage 

 field to see if we could get any bugs off them. We got a whole lot of 

 them. We put them in a pail. While we were picking one of us 

 pulled a head of cabbage and began to throw it. John happened to 

 be coming up a field. We all stood and showed him all the bugs. 

 We went on a little further. We came to a field where there was a lot 

 of rock and stones. We lifted them up, and we found a whole wasp's 

 nest. I lifted a big stone, and we found a ground mole who lived in 

 the stones. Yours cordially, 



Willie. 



