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WINTER 



VIII 



Go out after a fresh light snow and take up the 

 trail of a fox or a rabbit or a partridge, as you 



might take up 

 a problem in 

 arithmetic, or 

 as a detective 

 might take up 

 a clew, and 

 " solve" it 

 where the 

 creature came 

 from, where 

 going, what 

 for, in a hurry 



or not, pursued or pursuing, etc. It 

 will give you one of the best of lessons 

 in observation, in following a clew, and in learning 

 to take a hint. 



IX 



Go out to study the face of the ground the 

 ridges, hollows, level places, the ledges, meadows, 

 sandbanks, the course of the streams, the location 

 of the springs the general shape and contour, the 

 pitch and slant and make-up of the region over 

 which you tramp in the summer. Now, when the 

 leaves are off and things swept bare, you can get a 

 general idea of the lay of the land that will greatly 



