TKLL-TALE TRACKS. 



It is not iui-c,s,s;li-\- for the Nature student to tVu-cgo liis 

 pleasures during- the winter months, in faet a great many 

 things may be learned at that season that are impossible to 

 discover during tlie warm months. Snow is a great tell- 

 tale, — it neords everything that passes on foot. One ac- 

 eustomed to staying at liome, would be surprised at the 

 numbers of creatures that are abroad when the ground is 

 covered witli snow. 



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.-I Tame Biiiinv and her Litter. 



In a sheltered spot in a wooded hollow where the sun's 

 rays are able to produce quite a degree of heat even on a 

 cold day, we find an old stump. On the white mantle about 

 it are innumerable tiny footprints, — just the merest pairs of 

 dots showing that the creature was exceedingly light in 



