An Outlook on Winter 167 



and punctuate the life. They are the moun- 

 tains and the valleys. The winter Is a part of 

 the naturalist's year. 



The lesson Is that our Interest In the out-of- 

 doors should be a perennial current that over- 

 flows from a fountain that lies deep within us. 

 This Interest Is colored and modified by every 

 passing season, but fundamentally It Is beyond 

 time and place. Winter or no winter, It mat- 

 ters not : the fields He beyond. 



