CONTENTS 



Author's Note 



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I. Upland Pastures 3 



H. The Cohorts of the Frost . . . . 21 



III. The Skirmish Line of Spring ... 35 



IV. Glacier Park 46 



V. Where Glaciers Feed the Apple Roots 



(Lake Chelan) 67 



VI. Glacier Park Wild Flowers . . . .84 



VII. The Harvest of the Wild Places . . 97 



VIII. Neighbours of the Winter Night . . 117 



IX. Stone Walls 133 



X. Bridges . 150 



XL The Little Town on the Hill ... 168 



XII. R. F. D 185 



XIII. Weather and the Sky 200 



XIV. Old Boats 216 



XV. The Land Below the River Bank . . 231 



XVI. Trees 248 



XVII. Landscape Lines and Gardening . . 264 



XVIII. Nature and the Psalmist .... 276 



XIX. Christmas and the Winter W T orld . . 292 



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