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The Coming of Man [THIRD WEEK 



SWIFT'S NEST IN TREE. 



A pioneer comes to a spot in the virgin forest which 

 pleases him and proceeds at once to cut down the trees in 

 order to make a clearing. The hermit thrush soothes his 

 labour with its wonderful song; the pileated woodpecker 

 pounds its disapproval upon a nearby hollow tree; the 

 deer and wolf take a last look out through the trees and 

 flee from the spot forever. A house and barn arise; fields 

 become covered with waving grass and grain; a neglected 

 patch of burnt forest becomes a tangle of blackberry and 

 raspberry; an orchard is set out. 



