CHAPTER VII: STUMPS AND SNAKE- 

 FENCES 



when the faem had snake-fences and stumps, 

 the hayfield of other days with its abomatic 

 odours and bumble-bees. a non-poetical scot- 

 tish canuck. the old-time harvest field and 

 the reapers of the pioneers. a pioneer 's 

 "cradling" story. 



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