THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



snowed under, and starved to death, during 

 severe winter weather, as dozens do every year, 

 through their habit of lying on the ground 

 under brush, instead of roosting, like the ma- 

 jority of birds. It would not take much time 

 or trouble just to make a sort of hurdle, five 

 or six feet square, of saplings and cedar 

 boughs, with one end raised a foot above the 

 ground, on logs. Then, when the natural 

 supply of food commences to be scarce, scat- 

 tering a little grain under the shelters, for a 

 few times, will attract the birds to the refuges. 



Even semi-invalids, or bachelor girls, who 

 contemplate spending a summer a la Robin- 

 son Crusoe, would find the care of one or two 

 pairs of quail an appropriate occupation. 

 After nesting time, when they are quite tame, 

 and allowed entire freedom, their presence will 

 attract the real wild creatures of the vicinity 

 to venture within close range, and afford op- 

 portunity for many friendships with the furry 

 and feathered neighbors. 



As fall approaches, and the supper fire is 

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