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elated in this country. They have been confounded with 

 the ignoble band of prowlers, poachers and pot-hunters, who 

 are most potent in scouring the country of everything that 

 flies, leaps, or swims. Let us hereafter do him justice, ac- 

 knowledge his worth, and accord to him that position he 

 deserves. We will esteem him for his aesthetic tastes, and his 

 selection of a pastime which invigorates, humanizes, educates, 

 and ennobles which hardens the muscles and stimulates the 

 brain. 



" Tis not from books alone Thought's pleasures flow 



They are but aqueducts which serve to bring 

 The stream direct (meandering else but slow,) 



As fresh it wells from Pierian spring ; 

 But who would taste it pure at times must fling 



His books aside, and turn to Nature's page, 

 Open alike to peasant, prince, and king 

 To man untaught as well as learned sage, 

 And mid its lessons deep his ardent thoughts engage." 



