OUR HUMBLE HELPERS 





Turkey 



Yes, I have seen this, and have left mother and young 

 to better care than mine could have proved to the 

 care of their Creator and mine. I have seen them 

 all emerge from the shell, and, in a few moments af- 

 ter, tumble, roll, 

 and push each 

 other forward, 

 with astonishing 

 and inscrutable 

 instinct.' " 



"That 's the 

 kind of hunter 

 I like," declared 

 Jules; "one who 

 knows how to re- 

 strain himself at the touching sight of a nest of 

 young birds. What did you say his name was?" 

 "Audubon." 



"I sha'n't forget that name again." 

 "And that will be right, for few observers have 

 discoursed on birds with so much sympathetic under- 

 standing as he. 



' ' I continue to draw from his account. ' About the 

 beginning of October/ says he, 'when scarcely any 

 of the seeds and fruits have yet fallen from the trees, 

 these birds assemble in flocks, and gradually move 

 towards the rich bottom lands of the Ohio and Mis- 

 sissippi. . . . When they come upon a river, they be- 

 take themselves to the highest eminences, and there 

 often remain a whole day, or sometimes two, as if 

 for the purpose of consultation. During this time, 



