EXPLORATIONS 



away only with the recollection of how 

 well the rock or the stump looked, and 

 we cannot say whether it wore a plaid 

 or a check or just plain goods. 



In this swamp, however, it is as if the 

 whole woodland wardrobe were hung up 

 for inspection, an Easter opening of all 

 kinds of wood wear. Here the Usnea 

 barbata trails its old man's beard from 

 the cedar limbs well up in the arches 

 above the pillars, its drooping softness 

 having the effect of delicate tapestry. 

 Clinging lichens, those delicate unions 

 of algal cells and fond fungi, paint the 

 northerly sides of the tree trunks all the 

 way down, while the freer-growing fringe 

 or fleck the southern exposures. Parme- 

 lias to north, cetrarias and stictas to the 

 south might well guide the wanderer, 

 giving him the points of the compass and 

 leading him thus to his path again. 



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