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hundred years ago can only be conjectured. It is 

 said a flint arrowpoint was found sticking in it 

 years ago. Be this as it may, trees are cut down 

 now at times that have arrowpoints embedded in 

 their hearts. This is nothing strange. Arrows 

 flew thick and fast at times in the woods, and that 

 now and then a sapling should be struck is only 

 natural. The tree would soon cover the stone 

 point, and the shaft would be broken off. 



One need not be a botanist to find infinite en- 

 tertainment in plant-life ; and it is not likely we 

 will ever wander for long where plant-life is want- 

 ing. Remember that red snow is a plant, and birds 

 carry seeds in the mud that sticks to their feet; 

 so, if at sea, a bird might bring you both a plant 

 and earth to grow it in. Then there are sea- 

 weeds, one that Bory St. Vincent says has branches 

 fifteen hundred feet long ; and even if we would 

 we cannot get away from plant-life, for the late Dr. 

 Leidy wrote a book entitled " A Fauna and Flora 

 within Living Animals." It may be a little startling, 

 but the microscopical anatomist can find out the 

 trees and bushes that we carry about with us, as 

 well as many a little animal. I say " we," for Leidy 

 included man among the animals he studied when 

 writing the book. 



VI 



THE heavy dew had not yet disappeared when, 



two hours after sunrise, I started for my walk. 



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