CONCLUSION. 



And now, gentle and courteous reader, 

 we come to bid you a fare well. > May 

 your progress through life be as pleasant, 

 as our journey together through this lit- 

 tle book has been to us. Go forth, and 

 may a thousand pleasures await you in 

 the forest, in the meadow, on the green 

 hill side, or by the rill which dances and 

 sings with delight as it passes through the 

 flowery valley. And oh ! look well to the 

 feathered songsters, those missionaries of 

 good feeling from the divinity of sur- 

 rounding Nature, and a perception of all 

 that is lovely and beautiful will spring up 

 in your bosom. 



Men may deceive you, Nature never 

 will. As says the gifted poet, so truly 

 and so well: 

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