Sights and Sounds of the Northwoods 



BY D. LANGE 



Copyright, 1920, By D. Lange. 



FOREWORD 



That Minnesota and her neighboring states and 

 provinces are great realms of fertile soils and produc- 

 tive farms is well known. That they still contain more 

 unsettled agricultural lands than the total area of 

 Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Switzerland together. 

 is not so well known. 



That they contain around the Great Lakes a verit- 

 able empire for all kinds of outdoor recreation camp- 

 ing, fishing, canoeing and hunting is not nearly so 

 well known as it deserves to be. 



The old Spanish explorers sought in vain for the 

 fabled Fountain of Youth. In the Xorthwoods the 

 Fountain of Youth is a reality. It is found at every 

 lake and stream. There is not only one, no, there are 

 many thousand fountains of youth. If you would 

 gather strength of body and mind in a sweet, keen 

 atmosphere; if you would fill your soul with the 

 silence and the music of God's own woods and wild 

 gardens, come with me to the Northwoods, one of 

 God's own great playgrounds. 



A few of the secrets revealed by pines and spruces, 

 by bird, by beast and fish, by wild bees and flowers, 

 are set down in these pages. Much more, that is elusive 

 of pen and paper, you will discover for yourself. 



D. LANGE. 



St. Paul, Minnesota, January, 1920. 



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