CONTENTS 



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A SHORT MONTH 1 



A PULL MIGRATION 9 



A FAVORITE KOUND 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 180 



