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THE GUIDE TO NATURE— ADVERTISEMENTS 
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always interesting. He is familiar with the 
wilds. He says : 
“Although the animals did not know I was 
coming, generally they were watching for me 
and observed me without showing themselves. 
“As I sat on a log watching two black bears 
playing in a woods opening, a faint crack of 
a stick caused me to look behind. A flock of 
mountain sheep were watching me only a few 
steps distant. A little farther away a wildcat 
sat on a log, also watching me. There prob- 
ably were other watchers that I did not see.” 
He further tells us that animals use instinct 
and reason and have much curiosity — the desire 
to know. His experiences with the beaver, the 
skunk and the wolf are especially entertaining. 
His observations of animals in the winter not 
only interest and instruct but set us to thinking 
more deeply than ever. 
Toes in Poetical Feet. 
A tree toad loved a she toad 
That lived in a tree ; 
She was a 3-toed tree toad. 
But a 2-toed tree toad was he. 
The 2-toed tree toad tried to win 
The she toad’s friendly nod ; 
For the 2-toed tree toad loved the 
ground 
That the 3-toed tree toad trod ; 
But vainly the 2-toed tree toad tried — - 
He couldn’t please her whim ; 
In her tree toad bower, with her V-toe 
power, 
The she toad vetoed him. 
— The Van Raalte Vanguard. 
He Knew the Tree! 
An art's+ from New York was visit- 
ing an old Southern family in Alabama. 
One day while they were riding in their 
automobile, which their former coach- 
man, an old negro, was driving, the 
hostess pointed out a majestic tree that 
stood alone in a meadow. The artist 
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went into raptures over it and with 
hands clasped turned to her hostess. 
“Oh, isn’t it superb !” she breathed. 
“A perfect example of a Corot !” 
“Scuse me, mistis,” said the privi- 
leged old servant. “Dat ain’t no Corot. 
Hit’s jest one of dese hyuh sugarberry 
trees.” — The Youth’s Companion. 
Where They’re Needed. 
A large number of snakes have 
reached London from the New York 
Zoo. Now that the country is settling 
down to Prohibition. Americans can no 
longer bear to see them. — Punch (Lon- 
don). 
