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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



"THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTH LOOKING UP THE LAKE IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE EXTREME. 



it until an opportune time and then they 

 provide the man." 



That seems to be the solution to the 

 whole situation. Mr. Seton has had ex- 

 perience ; he loves the work ; he knows 

 nature ; he has an artistic eye and the re- 

 quisite knowledge and financial facilities 

 to carry the thing through successfully. 

 He does not work at it with feverish 

 impatience nor with the air of a con- 

 tractor who must rush the job. He em- 

 ploys a few men and makes use of a 

 powerful little machine that has a capacity 

 to draw between forty and fifty tons 



through the labor of two men who work 

 a long lever. Huge trees are moved 

 bodily by this Oregon stumper and drag- 

 ged bodily from the lake bed to the road- 

 side. The stum])s are dragged with a 

 large mass of earth as much as a thou- 

 sand cubic feet at one pull to form ready 

 planted lake borders or enchanting 

 islands, so that a canoe trip of this mile 

 long lake will be a trip of exploration 

 with vistas and surprises at every turn. 

 It is quite evident that here is thorough- 

 ly original work and there is not much 

 precedent to go b\-, but the impression 



MR. SETON IS MUCH INTERESTED IN SKUNK FARMING. 



