. Outing. de-lightful—with all due respect to thebiting, exhilarating northwest zephyrsof the snow-bound regions beyond. When we get as far south as Florida,it seems like mockery to talk of be sure many of the birds havecrossed the sea to Central and SouthAmerica, yet there are many left. Thelittle ground doves are so quaint, thejays, including now the Florida jay,so abundant and saucy, and the shore birds, herons, ibis, and many waterfowl so interesting—save as thoughtlesstourists have exterminated them alongthe well-traveled routes, a crying abom-ination ! It is delightful to escap
. Outing. de-lightful—with all due respect to thebiting, exhilarating northwest zephyrsof the snow-bound regions beyond. When we get as far south as Florida,it seems like mockery to talk of be sure many of the birds havecrossed the sea to Central and SouthAmerica, yet there are many left. Thelittle ground doves are so quaint, thejays, including now the Florida jay,so abundant and saucy, and the shore birds, herons, ibis, and many waterfowl so interesting—save as thoughtlesstourists have exterminated them alongthe well-traveled routes, a crying abom-ination ! It is delightful to escape a month orso of the intense cold and wanderthrough the orange groves, the pineries,the swamps, or by the tepid ocean,among the birds. Yet last March,after a month in the temperature of theeighties, when I returned home andfilled my lungs with deep draughts of thedelicious keen air which had been kepton ice for me, it did seem that never inmy life had I so appreciated a bluster-ing New England 632 WHEN THE MOTOR. BALKS j6i/ Zictwrence La Tij/e /s\sic/e ?pos for &ie AfoSor-/3oat Afctn Wfio Z)oes~&s?f Ayiowr W/iy //is £Jric/i>ze Siq/os IO quote an oft-repeatedphrase from the closingwords of a lecture givenby a well-known collegeprofessor, When yourmotor refuses to runyou may be reasonably sure that thetrouble is due to one of three causes:first, a stoppage in or poor adjustmentof the carburetor; second, the failure ofthe ignition system; and, last but notleast, pure cussedness. Anyone whohas cranked and cranked a balky motoruntil his back is nearly broken willheartily concur and will give the devilmore than his due by bestowing fullcredit for all troubles of this natureupon the last-named reason. But the modern marine motor is notthe cranky little piece of mechanismthat many of its defamers would haveus believe, and although up to a fewyears ago it had not attained the perfec-tion of design and performance reachedby its more expensive cousin in the auto-mobile, t
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