THINGS TO SEE THIS FALL 



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ing means. Think what ? Why, that you are p 

 just as good as a cow's tail to scatter Nature's %. 

 seeds for her, and not a bit better, as she 

 sees you. 



You ought to see the migrating 

 birds as they begin to flock on 



the telegraph wires, in 

 neys, and among the 

 the river. You 



the chim- 

 reeds of 

 ought to see 

 the swallows, 

 blackbirds, robins, 

 and bluebirds, as they flock 

 together for the long southern 

 flight. There are days in late Septem- 

 ber and in early October when the very 

 air seems to be half of birds, especially 

 toward nightfall, if the sun sets full and clear : birds 

 going over ; birds diving and darting about you ; 

 birds along the rails and ridge-poles ; birds in the 

 grass under your feet — birds everywhere. You 

 should be out among them where you can see them. 

 And especially you should see — without fail, this 

 autumn and every autumn — the wedge of wild 

 geese cleaving the dull gray sky in their thrilling 

 journey down from the far-off frozen North. 



