. John Burroughs, boy and man . Photos by F. P. Clatworthy John Burroughs with Theodore Roosevelt in the Yellowstone Tr Vncpmitp with John Mnir. Photo by Albert Iluugklun Ira:: The Laird of Woodchuck Lodge DAYS OFF 313 afternoon when five of us, with Socrates, the hound,started to hunt a bee-tree in the woods high above Wood-chuck Lodge—Uncle John, John C., an adult nephew,Howard, a youth of twenty, Ivan, a boy of seven, and thewriter. It had been about thirty years since the veteran BeeHunter had trailed the little free-booters to their hiddenhoards on Mt. Hymettus in the Slabsides country,an
. John Burroughs, boy and man . Photos by F. P. Clatworthy John Burroughs with Theodore Roosevelt in the Yellowstone Tr Vncpmitp with John Mnir. Photo by Albert Iluugklun Ira:: The Laird of Woodchuck Lodge DAYS OFF 313 afternoon when five of us, with Socrates, the hound,started to hunt a bee-tree in the woods high above Wood-chuck Lodge—Uncle John, John C., an adult nephew,Howard, a youth of twenty, Ivan, a boy of seven, and thewriter. It had been about thirty years since the veteran BeeHunter had trailed the little free-booters to their hiddenhoards on Mt. Hymettus in the Slabsides country,and now, as in his boyhood, he was to seek a bee-tree onhis native heath. Armed with a small tin pail, and a bottle containingsweetened vinegar, John C. leads the way. We clamberover a stone wall, and climbing a stony pasture, reachan open sunny clearing in the woods. Here, finding a beeat work on some asters, John C. sweeps it into his pail,which already contains a cluster of aster blooms besmearedwith the sweetened lure. Quickly covering the pail, hesets it on a boulder, and after giving the captive time togorge himself, removes the lid
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