FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



feetion which the sailor has for the 

 ocean. There is, indeed, a similarity 

 between their callings, and even the ele- 

 ments in which they pass their lives 

 are not so dissimilar in reality as may 

 appear on the surface. In his vast 

 domain of evergreen trees that cover 

 mountain and valley, the woodsman, 

 too, is shut out from the busier haunts 

 of men. He lives for months in his 

 sequestered camp or cabin, where his 

 bed is often only a narrow bunk of 

 boughs or straw. His food is simple 

 and his clothing rough and plain, to 

 suit the conditions of his life. A 

 large part of the time he is out in 

 snow and rain, tramping over rough 

 rock and soil. The camps that are 

 scattered through the forest are to hinn 

 like islands, where he can turn aside 

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