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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
“A POOL ... IS THE FOCUS FROM WHICH RADIATE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE 
FOOTPRINTS.” 
raune to attack of rabbits, but the 
higher branches are not so protected, 
as I discovered when I trimmed some 
and left them upon the ground. The 
next day I found the rabbits had 
skinned them of every vestige of bark. 
I follow my partridge to the thicket 
where I see that he has dined on wild 
berries, dried like raisins on the bush, 
and also see that along the edge of the 
clearing the small winter birds have 
made a meal of weed seeds, thus saving 
me a lot of tiresome weeding in the 
garden next summer. 
The above is my way of going hunt- 
ing, for I would rather see how the wild 
thi ngs live in contentment than to 
make them die in anguish. 
I don’t want to be without The 
Guide to Nature. It is inspiring and 
helpful. — Miss Nina Secor, The Shel- 
ter, Forest City, Iowa. 
I consider the science articles in 
Tiie Guide to Nature as the best of 
anything I know. Especially is this 
true of Professor Barton’s astronomi- 
cal notes. — Samuel L. Boothroyd, 
Fuertes Observatory, Cornell Univer- 
sity, Ithaca, New York. 
