Western field . THE BUSHY TAIL MIGHT BK SKEN WHISKING. Many a line of flickering white showedwhere the hare was dodging away among thetall spires of the snap dragon or sun-flowers,and in the heavier brush along the edge ofthe forest the great Northern hare plied hisbig bushy foot or from his white coat, almostinvisible against the snow, showed but hiseye of sparkling jet. There were many modifications of thesegroups of oaks so that it was sometimes hardto say whether they were openings or is a bench or table of land along theedge of some river valley. In the bottom,sycamore and cptton
Western field . THE BUSHY TAIL MIGHT BK SKEN WHISKING. Many a line of flickering white showedwhere the hare was dodging away among thetall spires of the snap dragon or sun-flowers,and in the heavier brush along the edge ofthe forest the great Northern hare plied hisbig bushy foot or from his white coat, almostinvisible against the snow, showed but hiseye of sparkling jet. There were many modifications of thesegroups of oaks so that it was sometimes hardto say whether they were openings or is a bench or table of land along theedge of some river valley. In the bottom,sycamore and cpttonwood struggled withthe elm and soft maple for the comes a strip of meadow brightly greenwith waving blue joint and gay with the. ••(JKKAl KKACKEN FERNS CARPETING THE SLOPE. pink of the calapogon; then a sudden riseof some thirty feet, with great brackenferns carpeting the slope, and then a levelplateau where the leaning oaks again shadeacres of prairie grass. This again may beflanked by thickets of viburnum and haw-thorn mingled with crab-apple and wild-plum,whose fruits of crimson and gold shed richfragrance on the autumn air. And fromthese again rose bluffs in long slopes ofgreen where the white birch flew its brightbanners from its snowy staff, with the oakand the maple following it to fringe theskyline. Neither prairie nor timber, theselands had many features of each and, openenough to drive through with a wagon yetshady enough for comfort on the hottest day.
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