96 BOOK OF A HUNDRED BEARS 



bursting forth, old ones dying or extinct, and new 

 formations still building. It is a half-finished 

 house. All about, you may hear the Master 

 Builder at work, with n^ighty heavings and pulsa- 

 tions and hammerings. All about, you may see his 

 latest handiwork, his experiments, failures and 

 successes. 



And now, gentle reader, if you have come so far 

 with me, after all these detours and meanderings, 

 with your permission, we will enter the Park. 

 Yes, we are there at the Gateway. 



