FEBRUARY IN BERKELEY. 



EASON of frost and sun- 

 shine, of chill rains and 

 budding trees, of Califor- 

 nia's mild winter, mingling 

 with the tempered air of spring — fair 

 season of change and prophecy, when 

 the grass grows fresh upon the hillside 

 and the birds are once more inspired to 

 song — I salute thee with reverence and 

 delight ! 



In February the air is full of expect- 

 ancy, and nature seems busy with 

 mighty preparations for a new year of 

 toil. The spiders come forth from 

 their hiding-places and run nimbly over 

 the land. The field-mice and wood-rats 

 are at work in their runways amid the 

 grass of the hillsides or the underbrush 

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