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head to the Swifts that have nested in my chimneys (and, once, 
let fall a young one into my fireplace) and the sixteen other 
Warblers that have been seen from the same windows that look 
out on the shelf. Surely this is no mean record for one yard, and 
one that may perhaps give encouragement and pleasure to some 
who think that their opportunities are negligible. 
GEORGE ROBERTS. 
A Trip to the Apple River Country 
It was not until the fall of last year that my friend and I 
gratified our long cherished wish to visit the beautiful Apple 
River country of Jo Daviess County. Its fame had reach us, 
and we knew that its friends were urging that it be set aside as 
a state park. Finally the time came when we were to see it for 
ourselves. 
Protracted and heavy rains postponed our trip several days, 
for we had been advised to wait for dry weather. At last the 
floods subsided and 
the sun shone out on 
a perfect fall day. 
So we boarded the 
morning train with 
our knapsacks, pre- 
pared for a two 
days outing. <A 
short ride brought 
us to Warren, the 
station nearest the 
Canyon. The citi- 
zens of the village 
are deeply interest- 
ed in the park pro- 
ject and very at- 
tentive to visitors, 
for many are seek- 
ing to know the re- 
PiOl.e A |) car: was 
waiting for us, and 
we drove some five 
miles or more to the 
entrance of the 
park. Here the two 
main branches of 

Photo by Miss Ruth Marshall 
the Apple River join A NOONDAY REST IN THE SHADOW OF THE 
romroriie the “main GREEN-CLAD CLIFF 
stream. 
We found ourselves at noon on the site of the old village of 
Millville. Scarcely a trace now remains of the big mill and the 
homes of the two hundred people who once lived there. From 
