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long, slender branch invariably points east, or in an easterly 

 direction; that is, it leans or points toward the east. It 

 seems to be a provision of nature for catching the first rays 

 of the sun; the same fact is noticed in the inclination of 

 house plants toward the sun. 



When, by observation, you find a large per cent, of the 

 slender top branches of the young trees pointing in about 

 the same direction, you will find by comparison the largest 

 and longest limbs are on the same side, that direction is 

 surely the east, or a little south of east. 



To recapitulate, when you are lost in the woods don't 

 get excited, or become panic-stricken, and go rushing franti- 

 cally through the woods, to no purpose, but be cool and 

 level-headed, and trust your compass, and "a cool judg- 

 ment will bring you out all right." 



