MOUNTAIN TREES 



dians of the Middle West made of the 

 slender, straight stems in erecting their 

 lodges or dwellings. Tamarack was the 

 name given by the Indians and adopted 

 by the settlers. Murrayana, the spe- 

 cific name, commemorates Mr. John 

 Murray of Edinburgh. 



Among the happy June bird residents 

 of these quiet forests are the Sierra her- 

 mit thrushes whose bell-like songs fill 

 the air with exalted melody their first 

 strains arousing "emotions which the 

 regularly falling cadences carry to a per- 

 fect close." This mellow flute-like song 

 always carries to me a note of lone- 

 someness, perhaps because the soul-stir- 

 ring cadences are so often heard amid 

 the intense stillness of the cool forests. 



And do you know the chipmunks 

 those sputtering bundles of electric en- 

 ergy who climb the tall timber and 

 scamper with such explosive chipper- 

 ings along the fallen logs? So full are 

 they of abounding curiosity that never 

 can they hear a squeaking noise with- 



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