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this floral picture. Out in the marsh it grows in 

 eqi^al profusion ; the meadow is hung with small 

 pink lanterns, as if for a fete. A single flower of 

 the marsh mallow commands the attention of the 

 most unobservant, and when growing in abundance 

 it excites enthusiastic admiration. 



Nor is the animal life of the marsh less interest- 

 ing than its flora. Meadow mice nest beneath the 

 haycocks. Were it not for the minks and Hawks 

 which prey on them, they might become a scourge 

 throughout t]:e surrounding country. Muskrats are 



