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degradation and misery which is, alas ! the 

 unwritten history of not a few. 



One word in conclusion. I have tried to 

 show in the foregoing pages the possibilities 

 of a healthy, happy life which exists for 

 women in Outdoor Work, and I have given 

 practical experience and facts to prove my 

 arguments. Perhaps I may be permitted to 

 add that now, after five years of the closest 

 experience in this branch of work to the 

 u trained capacity," I am more than ever con- 

 vinced of its soundness and its infinite possi- 

 bilities. This would lead me at all times to 

 advocate it strenuously as a career for those 

 who have any love for the country and for 

 country life. 



