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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



EXAMINING A FINE SPECIMEN OF BEAVER. 



A MIDDAY REST ON A LONG EXPEDITION. 



therefore full of doubts, it was at one 

 time natural and spontaneous and 

 gladly sure of itself, as only boyhood 

 knows how to be." 



His message is always uplifting, in- 

 spiring", joyous. It rings true. In 

 literature he says : 'To read and en- 

 joy good books is with us, as with 

 Chaucer, the main thing; to analyze 

 the author's style or explain our own 

 enjoyment seems of secondary and 

 small importance." 



In nature he sees the gladness of 

 life : "The fact is, nature takes care of 

 her creatures so well — gives them food 

 without care, soft colors to hide them, 

 and nimble legs to run away with — 

 that, so far as I have ever observed, 

 they seldom have a thought in their 

 heads for anything but the plain com- 

 fort and gladness of living." 



The author of "school of the woods" 

 regards the winter woods as even 

 more fascinating than the woods of 

 summer. Often in midwinter, when 

 he takes a brief vacation, he goes far 

 north and follows on snowshoes 

 wherever the wild tracks lead, often 

 making camp alone wherever night 

 overtakes him. His special interest 

 then is the big timber wolves, which 

 he regards as the wildest and the keen- 

 est of animals. 



"But isn't there danger of freezing 



