. Jungle peace [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I't V JUNGLE PEACE as if sUhouekted aguntk complete darkness, hy the greenish light of numberless fireflies. After the first marvel of tiw sudden sight, I ap- proadwd and pulled do?m a branch and counted tvrenty-six glowing insects, as dose together as the bloMfnns on a Japanese cherry branch. There were hundreds upon hundreds, all clus- tered together in candelabred glory, hidden from the view of aU, at the farther side of this dense thicket. As I left I remembered with gratitude the silver wire of sound which had guided me, an
. Jungle peace [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. I't V JUNGLE PEACE as if sUhouekted aguntk complete darkness, hy the greenish light of numberless fireflies. After the first marvel of tiw sudden sight, I ap- proadwd and pulled do?m a branch and counted tvrenty-six glowing insects, as dose together as the bloMfnns on a Japanese cherry branch. There were hundreds upon hundreds, all clus- tered together in candelabred glory, hidden from the view of aU, at the farther side of this dense thicket. As I left I remembered with gratitude the silver wire of sound which had guided me, and in a far comer of my mind I stored a new memory—one which I could draw upon at need in distant times of pain, or of in- tolerance or perhaps in some lull of battle—^the thought of a tree all aglow with living flames, in the moonlight of the Convict TraiL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beebe, William, 1877-1962. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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