10 XEW HAMFSHIBE 



Imw few dnDgs a fumer can do liiat will not be 

 of b^^t to odtos beade binisdf. Snr^ tbe 

 man wta pfed ibese booldats for liite advantage 

 of Ms baj emp neTiO' expected dieia to serve as 

 a test £h' pceaieiiii^. 



Ilie cjood drops again, and k at lis old trk^ 

 of esa^iKstioii. A bird tiiat I take far a lobin 

 tmns oui to be a spanow. IKd it look laiger 

 beeaose is seemed to be faidier xwaj tlnn it lealfy 

 ms? Or is it seen now as it aetaaSf £, nty 

 Ti^oa not b«ng deceived, bat nrfber ooaneeted 

 of an babitoal onir? Tbe £ag makes for ok a 

 newer and stzangi» woijd, at any late : I am 

 fartber fpom borne beeanse of it : anotb^ dar's 

 tixvd ini^t bare done les for me. And for all 

 tbat, I am not soitt w^ben it rises again, and tbe 

 bills come oat. How beaatifal Aey are! Tbsf 

 win baldly be more so. I tMnk, ^diai tbe Jane 

 Miage rqilae^ the sqoaie miles of bareboi^B 

 ubidi now give tb^a a blne^Mii^ple tint, inta>- 

 rapted bere and db»e by patches of new Telk>w- 

 gieen pc^br leaxes — a Tecitable HIomhiaidaD, 

 san-brigbt even in ibis sanies weather — or a 

 few sombre eTMSieais. 



As I giei away from Ae £ann. the mountain 

 woods on dtber ade seem to be filled with some- 

 fbii^ Bke a dmras of lose-lffieasted grosbeaks. 

 Except fw a few days at Highlands. Xot& Ciro- 



