WHERE SWALLOWS ROOST 



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this floral picture. Out in the marsh it grows in 

 e(|ual profusion ; the meadow is hung with small 

 pink lanterns, as if for a fete. A single flower of 

 the marsh mallow commands the attention of the 

 most unobservant, and when growing in abundance 

 it excites enthusiastic admiration. 



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Nor is the animal life of the marsh less interest- 

 ing than its flora. Meadow mice nest beneath the 

 haycocks. Were it not for the minks and Hawks 

 which prey on them, they might become a scourge 

 throughout 1he surrounding ct>untry. Muskrats are 



