S4 Tue Aroostook Woops. 

point. An airy promenade this, in midwinter, with a cold 
norther sweeping its upper levels, but a glorious perching 
chance in the mild sunny days of the Indian summer, for to 
be upon the high granite horse-back, close to and nearly on a 
level with the tall hard wood tree tops that grow out of the 
rich bottom beside its base, the mild breeze constantly bring- 
ing to you the sweet odors from the wood below, looking 
away for miles over the gently waving tree tops, is a pleasure 
indeed, while below, and near at hand beside you, and in the 
branches before you, you are constantly being entertained by 
the squirrels and birds, which in a very short time after your 
arrival, instead of being frightened seem rather to enjoy your 
visit, often coming quite near and eyeing you curiously, as 
you sit so quietly in their wide and roomy reception hall. 
Here, watching over many an acre of hard wood growth, 
thickly carpeted with dried leaves, one can occasionally see a 
deer or more, wandering, and likely toward you and the shel- 
ter of the bluff, and often long before he is near enough to you 
for a shot. This rocky eyrie with its precipitous sides and 
steep bluff, with its east and south exposures lying much in 
the sunshine, has many a well sheltered nook. These are 
partly filled with the dried leaves blown in from off the tree 
tops close beside them, and many, with good shelving roofs 
over them of projecting granite are dry and comfortable 
quarters for some of the forest roamers, and_ particularly 
“Mrs Brum.” ‘Elere smite latessununy days, after his long 
and wide tour of summer roaming he may lie, high and dry, 
safe from intrusion, and sleep in the warm sunshine enjoying 
his rest each day, after his nightly. wanderings, and when the 
cold weather comes upon him, and the snow is too deep for 
his short legs and big feet, and the food he likes is frozen 
