Preface 



When I was a b(^ I hungered beyond expression ^01 just 

 such iriformation as I have tried herein to impart. It would 

 be a great joy to me if I could reach and help a considerable 

 number of such heart-hungry boys tormented with an insatiate 

 instinct for the woods, and if I fail of this, I shall at least have 

 the lasting pleastires of having lived throu^ these things 

 myself and of having written about them. 



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