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species), as they pass over whistling plaintively, and 

 others of the wild seafowl, that merely to hear and 

 see in the smoky air of the city, is almost as refresh- 

 ing as an ocean voyage. Then there are the parks 

 and public gardens never without their birds and, 

 at the fall migrating time, often sheltering the very 

 rarest of visitors. 



VI 



In order to give point and purpose to one of these 

 autumn outings, you should take your basket, or 

 botanizing can, and scour the 

 woods and fields for autumn 

 berries. No bunch of 

 flowers in June could 

 be lovelier than the 

 bunch of autumn ber- 

 ries that you can 

 gather from thicket 

 and wayside to carry 

 home. And then, 

 in order to enjoy 

 the trip all over 

 again, read James 

 Buckham's exqui- 

 site story, " A 

 Quest for Fall 



Berries," in his book, " Where Town and Country 

 Meet." 



