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woodchopper goes into the swamp for fuel in the win- 

 ter; his wife and children for berries in the summer. 



Journal, v, 330, 331. 



July 6, 1852. The early blueberries ripen first on 

 the hills, before those who confine themselves to the 

 lowlands are aware of it. When the old folks find 

 only one turned here and there, children, who are 

 best acquainted with the locality of berries, bring 

 pailfuls to sell at their doors. For birds' nests and 

 berries, give me a child's eyes. But berries must be 

 eaten on the hills, and then how far from the sur- 

 feiting luxury of an alderman's dinner! 



Journal, iv, 196. 



