ILLUSTRATIONS 



A RED SQUIRREL ............ 92 



A KINGLET ............. 93 



INITIAL, CHAPTER XIII .......... 96 



WILD GEESE ............. 102 



TAILPIECE ............. 103 



NOTE 



It is interesting to observe that the subject of the initial for chapter iv is 

 witch-hazel ; that for chapter VH, the cocoons of the cecropia, the prome- 

 thea, and the basket worm ; and that for chapter viii, a sprig of aider, 

 with the old fruit and a budded catkin. The subjects of the other initials 

 require no identification. 



