.288 In Touch with Nature. 



happier than the present ? Think, too, as I hope 

 some time to try, of brewing a beer, as Kalm 

 directs, and, in the middle of a stormy winter 

 night, drinking to the memory of those hardy folk 

 who long ago learned the merits of our Jersey 

 woods ; and drink, too, to the Swede who, loving 

 the wild life found here, was good enough to give 

 us a most excellent account of it. In a mug of 

 persimmon beer I drink to Peter Kalm ! 



