THE TRAVELS OF BIRDS 



one of these animals can compare with the bird 

 as a traveler. 



It is true that man makes longer journeys than 

 birds do. But it is also true that he could not 

 make them without help from other men. He 

 might walk where there was land, but he would 

 need days to go as far as a bird could go in an 

 hour. And when he comes to the sea he requires 

 a sailing vessel or steamer with charts and maps 

 and compass to aid him in finding the way; while 

 in the hold there must be food for the use of the 

 crew and passengers during the voyage. 



But the bird traveler asks help from no one. 

 He has no use for locomotives, automobiles or 

 steamships. He carries no chart and no com- 

 pass, and he can go with ease to parts of the 

 world which it took man many years to reach, 

 and to some parts of the world which still are 

 unknown to man. 



Think of the explorers amid the ice and snow 



of the Arctic. With what difficulty they fight 



their way through the ice-floes. At times they 



find it impossible to advance. They are in fre- 



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