SUMMEE 



their food, gathering and drying the 

 fruit in great quantities for winter use. 

 After the berries had been gathered 

 they were mashed to a pnlp, spread out 

 and dried in the sun, no doubt making 

 a very primitive but edible dish and 

 one which would go nicely with veni- 

 son. 



Along the fence, not far from the 

 June berry, growing in stately beauty, 

 a solitary columbine lifted its golden- 

 red flowers above the surrounding 

 plants and vines. Bees and butterflies 

 hummed and flitted about seeking the 

 abundant sweets, and a ruby-throated 

 humming-bird paused before each 

 flower in turn collecting the insects 

 from the long, delicate spurs of the 

 flowers. Each in itself was a perfect 

 picture. The poise and delicacy of 

 movement of the humming-bird, with 

 all its bright colours, is most fascinat- 

 ing to the eye. The columbine growing 

 about these woods seemed never so 

 plentiful as to lose that rare distinc- 

 tion of character which makes it a 

 pleasure to find. 



Summer had now brought its last 

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