CHAPTER XII 



A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO HEAR THIS FALL 



^OU ought to hear the scream 

 of the hen-hawks circling 

 high in the air. In August and 

 September and late into October, 

 if you listen in the open country, 

 you will hear their piercing whistle, — 

 shrill, exultant scream comes nearer 

 to describing it, — as they sail and sail a mile away 

 in the sky. 



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You ought to go out upon some mowing hill or 

 field of stubble and hear the crickets, then into the 

 apple orchard and hear the katydids, then into the 

 high grass and bushes along the fence and hear the 

 whole stringed chorus of green grasshoppers, katy- 



