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happily growing smaller, we determined to embody in a book some 

 of the methods which we have adopted in carrying on our own 

 work. 



We hope that the book may result in more time being given in 

 modern educational curricula to matters that interest the great 

 majority of English speaking boys and girls, and that it may help 

 them to acquire that love for Nature and out-door life which is 

 characteristic of their race. 



M. D. H. 

 W. M. W. 



