8 STRA Y FEA THERS FROM MANY BIRDS. 



Such are a few of the secrets of successful observation. 

 By practising them the young naturalist will find a walk 

 through the woods and lanes quite a different matter 

 from his previous experience. He will find that by a 

 careful use of his eyes and ears, and by judiciously 

 bringing silence and stillness to his aid, there are birds 

 and beasts in most unlikely places whose habits and 

 movements may be studied with the greatest ease. He 

 will no longer be blind to the sights, or deaf to the 

 sounds of the wilderness. A new world is opened out 

 before him ; he has learnt the secret of the wild birds' 

 haunt, of the animals' fastness : and in doing so he has 

 been taken into that sweetest of all trusts the con- 

 fidence of Nature. 



