A MODERN FABLE. 

 And the Minister preached and became eloquent about all the Glories, Manifestations 

 and Inspirations of God's Universe. He told Parables and drew Arguments from the Natur- 

 al World. He sang in Stanzas of the Magnitude of the Stars and of the Exquisite Perfec- 

 tions of the Flower. And the Entire Congregation heartily said, "Amen !" 



And, Behold ! A Listener went forth to Test the Truth, to Realize all these Sayings. 

 Then Humanity passed along and said, " He has a Bug House; there are Wheels in his Head; 

 he Delves in Things Uncanny." And even the Minister passed by and remarked, " Why you 

 Thought I Actually Meant all I Said !" 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



VOL II 



JUNE, 1909 



No. 3 





ITHE OUTDOOR WoRLD 



m 



The Delights of Cruising 



BY BURNHAM W. KING, NEW YORK 



HE Captain had planned the dians, hence they must be cousins. 



whole winter through to take Cousin Joe alwa)^s answered to his 



the Fat One who could not new name and spoke of the others as 



help it and seemed contented his cousins. On occasions when pass- 



with his lot, and his Charm- ing other Indians the Captain, first 



ing Wife, who, bless her asking Joe what to say in Objibway, 



heart, had put in a long, would call out a salute in their native 



hard winter trying to keep tongue, so he got the credit of being 



the Fat One good-natured and happy, on able to speak the vernacular with very 



a cruise in his sailboat equipped with little knowledge of his own of Objib- 



a gasoline engine in case the wind way. 



should play false, also a small cabin What a list of supplies were loaded 



large enough for Fat One and Charm- into the boat ! Such an amount of 



ing Wife while the Captain and Old baggage ! It looked like preparations 



Bill slept ashore in a tent. Old Bill for a trip around the world. Georgian 



was so called because he was still Bay is a charming snot for campers, 



young and of sufficient size to handle Everything one could wish can be 



three square meals every day, a ca- found in these waters — small mouth 



pacity that was forever a source of envy black bass, muscallonge, pike, perch, 



to the Fat One during the entire cruise. And such blueberries, large as — well, 



Then there was Cousin Joe, the Indian not quite the size of walnuts, but large 



guide and cook, so called because he enough and delicious and to be found 



and the Captain had taken many everywhere. For variety there were 



cruises together and the Caotain's raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, 



friends said they both looked like In- currants, juneberries, partridge berries, 



Copyright 1909 by The Agassiz Association. Arcadia, Sound Beach, Conn. 



