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-The robin and the bluebird Pipi"? l'^"^ . 

 Filled all the blossoniin? orchards \\ith their glee. 



After half an hour's drive, I came to a large 

 clearing through which the lake could be 

 seen, slumbering peacefully under a heavy 

 fog, which hung like a cloud over the water, 

 and the green hills beyond. 



It was not yet four o'clock, but the eastern 

 sky was bathed in a flood of red and gold 

 where the god of day was soon to burst forth. 

 After tying my horse, I slung my camera 

 and mv boots over my arm, and started for 

 the swamp. Half a dozen Red-winged Black- 

 birds shouted defiance to my further progress 

 as I crashed through the reeds and rushes 

 that lined the shore, and a Least Bittern 

 awakened by the noise, flew lazdy off its 

 roosting place and disappeared in the fog. 



Seating myself on a log, I proceeded to re- 

 move my shoes and replace them with the 

 rubber boots. This done, I moved around to 

 the other side of a little hillock and surprised 



