4 SUMMER 



Go with some purpose ; because you wish to visit 

 some particular spot, see some bird, find some flower, 

 catch some fish ! Anything that takes you into the 

 open is good ploughing, hoeing, chopping, fish- 

 ing, berrying, botanizing, tramping. The aimless 



person any- 

 where is a 

 failure, and 

 he is sure to 

 get lost in the woods! 



It is a good plan to go 

 frequently over the same fields, 

 taking the beaten path, watch- 

 ing for the familiar things, 

 until you come to know your 

 haunt as thoroughly as the 

 fox or the rabbit knows his. 

 Don't be afraid of using up 

 a particular spot. The more 

 often you visit a place the 

 richer you will find it to be in 

 interest for you. 



Now, do not limit your in- 

 terest and curiosity to any 

 one kind of life or to any set of things out of doors. 

 Do not let your likes or your prejudices interfere 

 with your seeing the whole out-of-doors with all its 

 manifold life, for it is all interrelated, all related to 

 you, all of interest and meaning. The clover blossom 



