Surprises of the Prairie 



like. The prairie eagle loves to perch and dream amid this 

 desolation. But he wakes and watches betimes to "view 

 the landscape o'er." You will wonder when you see the 

 waft of his wing as he lifts himself to fly away. He is clumsy 

 on foot, but he is wonderful on the wing. 



The winds have blown the sands into yellow drifts and 

 made the dunes. Many of these drifts are marked with 

 curves and lines and sandy circles in a marvelous manner. 

 It is worth facing a sand-storm to see this tracery of the 

 wind. The tapestry artist and the draftsman might find 

 some new models here, and all of them "true to nature." 



Now and then you will see a gravel hill which is the sub- 

 ject of prairie traditions. Arrow-heads are sometimes found 



