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enjoyed most. We have wanted to publish some of these letters 

 each month, but often there was not sufficient space. Following 

 are a few letters that I am sure will interest our naturalists and 

 show what good out-door study some of the young people have 

 done. 



Dear Uncle John: — 



I have been noticing that the tops of willow are yellow. December 7, 1904, 

 I noticed where the snow lodged on the trees. 



I have been watching a gray breasted bird with black and blue mixed in. 

 December 15, observing how the buds on bushes and trees are so tight together. 

 December 20, watching a rust colored bird. December 21, watching how birds 

 drink and lift their heads up. Why is it that birds can fly when it snows and 

 rains? Noticed that the willow trees are cracking open. 



A horse can sleep when he is standing. The two fore feet are placed under 

 him and the back straight out. A horse gets up on his back legs first. A little 

 below the middle of the leg is a horse's knee joint. 



When my grandfather's horse, Nell, comes home from any place, he goes to 

 the back door for sugar. If it happens that no one is there he ■^vill neigh and 

 neigh till someone comes with some sugar for him. We have a little garden of 

 flowers in our room of many different kinds of colors. 



From your niece, Grace. 



Dear Uncle John: — 



I have a little pony. When she is teased she gets mad and kicks. We have 

 a little sleigh and cart too. I have ridden her sixteen miles in one day. She 

 has upset me in the mud two or three times last summer. She loves apples. 

 When she was young she jumped at every stone she could see. This was before 

 we got her. The boy that owned her lives about three miles from us. I go to see 

 him in the summer. He goes to the city for the winter. 



I received a cocoanut from the south about two weeks ago. It had a glass of 

 milk. It came in the husk. We had a hard time opening it. 



I am going to make a bird house and put it up in the trees near our house. 

 I will get some hay and put in it too. I will get some suet and hang up. The 

 boys have a bird house in the tree at school. 



I am, sincerely your nephew, John. 



