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puddles in a road — it is not that they like muddy 

 water, but because such spots are the only places 

 where there is water shallow enough for them to 

 bathe. Just as every garden and park in Amer- 

 ica should be planted with the bushes which pro- 

 vide food for birds, so there should be a bird-bath. 

 A park without a bird-bath is a disgrace to the 

 community in which it is found, a private estate 

 without one shows that the owner is thoughtless. ' ' 



*' Will you show me how to make one, sir?" 



The Feather Man looked at the lad kindly. 



"We will make one together, Shan," he said, 

 "somewhere where there is running water, if 

 such a place can be found in this flat land. Then, 

 I may feel that I have a share in 'Bull's Sanc- 

 tuary,' also." 



But, easy though it is to make a bird-bath in a 

 city, where running water may always be had ; or 

 in a hilly country, where springs may be found; 

 in that marshy North Carolina coast, no running 

 water was to be found, no stream with a current 

 swift enough for canalization. 



"We shall have to build a wind-mill, Shan," 

 said the Feather Man. 



It was truly a miniature windmill, when done, 

 not much more than a toy affair with sails a couple 



