Note 1— Page 5. 



The settler's farm with blazing fires o'erspread. 



Settlers. — A term usually applied in America to those 

 persons who first commence the operations of agricul- 

 ture in a new country, by cutting, clearing, and actual 

 settlement. The varied appearance of the woods where 

 these are rapidly going on, forms a busy, novel, and in- 

 teresting picture. 



Note 2 — Page 6. 

 And roused the Katydid in chattering wrath. 



Katydid. — A species of Gryllus very numerous and 

 very noisy in the woods at that season. 



