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e2g>, JIikI fcni.:).le. Gird, a pr<-'ttv com- 
binniion sureJy, but' soinr. ^A■ay the 
De.-t and t'i'g's (!<> not ],)()k' i.early so 
well as vvlieti hickcd tnvnT in tiiat tus- 
sock of grass ut t he foot of lji;it little 
bush, s i 1 i e 1 ( I d a b o v v b y «» v e r h :ui <: i ii g 
grasses, and damj^efii'd aisd cooUhI be- 
neath by. .the iieariiess of the water, 
which had fairly s<»:iked the H'St. 
And someway ih'e form of the mother 
bird is n.ot, by far, S() pert, n')r does ■ 
the golden tiiili'ng Of hv-r glitterlD;^ 
t h ro a t',. g 1 o w , vv i t li'' h a 1 f • t h.e w a r i u t h it 
did when its possessbf' was liittiug ner- 
vously about her boggy home to see - 
why come I there. 
And where is he, her partner? Per- 
1 1 a [) s . r .e ' e n ' n o' w , ''m i d • t he bogs a n d 
quagmires of some'sbutaerQ clime, he 
IS mourning the fate ■ of his Sweet 
y()Uog-4>ride, his'mask.' of black oiost 
apjj'. opriate to his .mourn ing morning: ■ 
But n ever m i n d , ' my. h orro wi n g mi- 
grant, be -aware of ■ this much/ thy; 
pretty bride and 'treasures five- have, 
not, fallen into uDsyrapathyzihg; and 
th'ougiuless hands. ■ No, . never, e'en 
whiie.'[ took them/ 1 felt the n.-^eaniog 
of it ai). And know ye this,' that by 
tiie taking of then?, the cap tor has been 
1 1 light mu(3hfof Dame Nature .that he 
v.-di'd not know b.efore; and who knovVs," 
^'%ut. in learning 7uore. 6i N'ature.he lias 
•■been dravvn neax'e.r Nature's G.od. 
And so, cheered-ljy: t,hese' thoughts, 
can you not, my; g;oldeh-tbroat, . lind 
courage to sing--" with unfaltc ring- lips 
once more, that beautiful diitj' of thine 
and may not these northern wilds, now 
desolate .with winter's frost, be enliv- 
ened and inspired again in the spring 
by thine encouragjeing weecha-tee, 
weech-a-tee, weech-a-tee'? 
Neil Franklin I^osson, Medina, N.Y. 
THE OEO'LOUICAL IIUKEAU. 
OrEI^ATIONS OF THE SUKVEY DUKING 
THE Month of Januaky. 
Stale Geolcjzist Arthur VViiis]()w, h;{s 
suomiit'^t to (i.;v. David R. Francis 
ciiairman of tJie board of maiiag<-!s, 
bureau of geologs and miues. the fo!- 
Ju.vviug statemeut of the geological 
survey during the month of January; 
i'he progr*':.ss of the work up to ih« 
beginning oi th'is year has been pre-' 
sented to you through my bieiinia' re- 
port. Since tliat time only such lield 
work has be n d-me as v/as necessary 
to C'>nipJe e those divisioijs of work 
which were iricluded among the opet- 
ations of thie past season. Thus, in , 
Jackson county some Jittle field work 
was done to complete ' the i,x minatjon 
of the clay and buildiDg stone indus- 
tries of tile western counties, ami in 
.Randolph, Hovyard apd Lafayette couu- 
lies itjstramental levelling was done iu 
order to determine the altitudes of va- 
rious coal beds: . But the bulk' of the 
work during the past month has been 
in the office where the members of the 
survey are engaged in platting the re- 
c-ultsjof surveys niade during the past 
summer and. "autumn, fn" addition, 
we have been 'busy correcting the proof 
of bulletin No.. 3, and in preparing the 
manu> cript.of luj/ biennial report and 
of bulletin Ko.' 4, for the printer. - Bul- 
letins numbers 2 .a.nd.3. have been^print- 
ed and about 1,000 copies of each have 
been . disributed. .. Bulletin - No;- 2. is a 
bibiipgrapby pf'^the geology of Missou- 
ri, the manuscript of wh'ch was pre- 
- pkred' and donated.? to the survey by 
Mr.- F." A? SaoQpson of Sedalia. ^ It is a 
valuable; works of; reference, and will 
prove of great, use to all who are in- 
terested in the geology of Missouri aod 
her mineraisi Bulietih No. 3 contains 
papers' on the clay, stone, lime ' and 
sand industries of St. Louis city and 
county, and on the mineral waters of 
Johnson, St. Clair, Henry and Beaton 
counties. These papers contain a mass 
of facts concerning the subjects to 
which they relate, in addition to sta- 
tistics of production. . They are how- 
