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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



THE NATURE CLASS AND "WILD" (CANADA) 

 GEESE. 



as well as the Boy Scout movement 

 in England. Here the boys gather in 

 summer and have games of hunting, 

 and here they dance, swim, whoop and 

 follow the trail to their heart's con- 

 tent. With the external organization 

 of an Indian tribe and all the charms 

 of outdoor sport and picturesque cere- 

 monial and dress, the boys are led along 

 a pleasant path that, as only the wise 

 and experienced realize, ends in good 

 citizenship. 



At the upper part of the lake is 

 the stump of an old tree that for great 

 size astonishes an eastern man and 

 would do credit to the land of the 

 Sequoia. Though made of slabs on a 

 framework, it is so good an imitation 

 as to please even the owls and squir- 

 rels, as well as the eye of man, so 



picturesquely does it fit into the land- 

 scape at this upper end of the lake. 

 Rowing to the island on which it 

 stands, one feels as if journeying to 

 the wilds of Canada, though it is but 

 a few minutes since the boat left the 

 land of civilization and of Italian gar- 

 dens. A little farther northward in the 

 wilderness is Ann Island, so named 

 from the little daughter who, in a little 

 rustic cabin all her own, may here 

 fancy she is a Robinson Crusoe. 



To the northward and eastward and 



westward the scenery is as wild as in 



'the days when the Siwanoys and Mo- 



THE HOLLOW "TREE." 



This was made of a frame covered with slabs. 



