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: species), as they pass over whistling plaintively, and , 



others of the wild seafowl, that merely to hear and .' 

 J see in the smoky air of the city, is almost as refresh- 

 - ing as an ocean voyage. Then there are the parks < 

 and public gardens never without their birds and,; 

 / at the fall migrating time, often sheltering the very 

 '., rarest of visitors. 



VI 



In order to give point and purpose to one of these^ 

 autumn outings, you should take your basket, or< 

 botanizing can, and scour the 

 woods and fields for autumn - 

 berries. No bunch of; 

 flowers in June could, 

 be lovelier than the, 

 bunch of autumn ber-'. 

 ries that you can! 

 gather from thicket ^ 

 and wayside to carry ' 

 home. And then, 

 in order to enjoy] 

 the trip all overv 

 again, read James ' 

 Buckham's exqui- 

 site story, " A 

 Quest for Fall 



Berries," in his book, " Where Town and Country 

 Meet." 







