26 The Life Worth Living 



luxuriantly. Gloucester county is famous 

 for its fine watermelons and cantaloupes. 



The drives in summer along the country 

 roads are of surprising beauty. The wild 

 grapevines festoon its dense woods and hang 

 far out over the roadway. Even at noon the 

 wide double-track highway is sheltered by 

 these cooling shadows. 



The summers offer the sportsman the same 

 flight of migratory shore birds as spring, and 

 adds to them some special varieties. 



Autumn clothes field and forest with a new 

 and peculiar glory. Here we have the long 

 Indian Summer in September and October. 

 Italy never saw such skies, and the glorious 

 sunlight and peace that flood the earth in 

 these days cannot be revealed by words. 

 October is the only month when the wind- 

 mill ever fails for two days to turn. Nature 

 seems to hold her breath for sheer joy. 

 Each day is a miracle of beauty — clear skies, 

 warm genial sun, crisp pure air, with every 



