CONTENTS 



PAoie 



A SHORT MONTH 1 



A FULL MIGRATION 9 



A FAVORITE ROUND 17 



IN THE CAMBRIDGE SWAMP .... 25 



A QUIET AFTERNOON . . . . . .34 



POPULAR WOODPECKERS . ... . 42 



LATE SUMMER NOTES 50 



WOOD SILENCE 60 



SOUTHWARD BOUND .... . . .67 



FOUR DREAMERS . 74 



A DAY IN FRANCONIA . . . . . .82 



WITH THE WADERS . . ..."'. . . 91 



ON THE NORTH SHORE AGAIN .... 104 



AUTUMNAL MORALITIES 117 



A TEXT FROM THOREAU 127 



THE PLEASURES OF MELANCHOLY ... 135 



IN THE OLD PATHS 142 



THE PROSPERITY OF A WALK .... 152 



SIGNS OF SPRING 159 



OLD COLONY BERRY PASTURES .... 168 

 SQUIRRELS, FOXES, AND OTHERS . . . .177 

 WINTER AS IT WAS ... 186 



