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RECREATION. 



nomena for which even the most imagina- 

 tive of the gossips failed to account. 



We swam in the afternoons, and once we 

 went fishing. This last step we took only 

 after much deliberation. It was a bit 

 strenuous to harmonize with our manner 

 of living; but half a day spent by the 

 river's brink, rod in hand, resulted in a 

 considerable string of bass and sunfish. 



Our ears were charmed by the song spar- 

 row's matins and vespers ; our eyes were 

 delighted by the sunset light on the water, 



and the afterglow that clung lovingly to the 

 hills. We were content to loaf and dream 

 and smoke by the stream ; and if the rain 

 gently falling on the tent was our slumber 

 song, it troubled not the peace of our souls. 

 Even golden days are not immortal. The 

 time came when we had to leave our happy 

 valley; yet in spirit we often and fondly 

 return to that lotus land, where an earth- 

 ly Lethe went on its sparkling way past our 

 habitation, and where we ate and found 

 sweet the bread of idleness. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BV J, BAUER 



CHIPMUNK. 

 One of the 1 6th Prize Winners in Recreation's 7th Annual Photo Competition. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY J. BAUER. 



RED SQUIRREL. 



One of the 16th Prize Winners in Recreation's 



7th Annual Photo Competition. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY A L. PRINCEHORN. 



ROBIN AT NEST. 



One of the 14th Prize Winners in Recreation's 



7th Annual Photo Competition. 



