or even a few feet. If fires run during a dry 

 period of this kind, the fire will burn to water- 

 level. The ashes of this fire, together with the 

 mineral matter which it concentrates, commonly 

 form a soil-bed which promptly produces trees. 

 Sometimes, however, grass returns. Thus, 

 while fire brings forth many meadows in the 

 forest, it sometimes is the end of one evolved 

 from glacial action. A landslip often plunges 

 a peninsula of soil out upon a glacial meadow. 

 This is usually captured by trees in a year or 

 two. 



These parks make ideal camping-places, — 

 wild, beautiful, and alluring in every season. 

 I have enjoyed them when they were white with 

 snow, mysterious with cloud and mist, roman- 

 tic with moonlight, and knee-deep in the floral 

 wealth of June. Often I have burst out upon 

 a sunny meadow hidden away in the solitude 

 of the forest. As it lies silent in the sunshine, 

 butterflies with beautifully colored wings circle 

 lightly above its brilliant masses of flowers. 

 Here bears prowl, deer feed, and birds assem- 

 ble in such numbers that the park appears to be 



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