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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



A GROUP VP-OARD THE SAII BOAT EN 

 ROUTE TO THE DREDGING GROUNDS. 



and west to Greenwich, while those 

 going South go directly (or with 

 change at some seasons of the year i 

 to Stamford and other near by sea- 

 shore resorts. 



The waters of Long Island Sound 

 are only a few roils distant. Power 

 launches, rowboats and sailboats are 

 easily procured. The opportunities for 

 po >ular pleasures at the seashore are 

 unexcelled. The biological interests 

 arc extensive and varied. 



In a short walk, north, east or west. 

 the country about Arcadia is easily ac- 

 cessible in marvelously picturesque 



wildness or in the beauty that accom- 

 panies cultivation. Within five min- 

 utes' walk from Arcadia's front door 

 are tangled thickets, lofty forests, deep 

 ravines, rugged hills and impressive 

 ledges with all the untouched native 

 beauty of the days of the Indians. 

 Within a short distance are pastoral 

 scenes that would have gladdened the 

 eyes of the original Pan and caused 

 him to pipe more merrily than ever. 

 In the remotest farming sections of 

 Xew England, there are scenes not 

 more complete in agrarian simplicity 

 than may be found a few rods from The 

 Agassiz Home. Here neither auto- 

 mobiles nor horses have driven out the 

 patient oxen that chew their cud as 

 they work in the fields, nor the cows 

 that wander lazily homeward at twi- 

 light to the tunc of the tinkling of the 

 classic bell. 



To the northeast, swans glide on 

 the lakes and oools in a way to delight 

 the poetic muse: to the southwest sea 

 fowl innumerable float and rlv and 

 - >ar, while the forests and fields to the 

 northward and westward are vocal 

 with the music of innumerable varie- 

 ties of feathered songsters. 



Last year a member of the school 

 from Schenectady, an enthusiastic 

 ornithologist, reported with delight the 

 large number of birds in many varie- 

 ties that she had seen and studied. 

 Nesting birds allowed cameras to be 



AN ARCADIAN OCCUPATION NOT MANY RODS FROM OUR ARCADIA. 



