Forest leaves . augmented by many hundreds andpossibly by many thousands of ardent admirers of the wild, the grandand the beautiful in nature. I wish this could be so. I wish I could adequately describe thetranscendent loveliness of these blue Adirondack lakes, the sweetness,the coolness, the majesty of these deep green forests and the ruggedgrandeur and stolid grimness of these gray Achean peaks; and so en- * W. H. H (Adirondack) Murray. 26 FOREST LEAVES thuse every woods-loving man and woman of the two continents, everyperson in whose veins runs the red blood of true sportsmanship, andwhose
Forest leaves . augmented by many hundreds andpossibly by many thousands of ardent admirers of the wild, the grandand the beautiful in nature. I wish this could be so. I wish I could adequately describe thetranscendent loveliness of these blue Adirondack lakes, the sweetness,the coolness, the majesty of these deep green forests and the ruggedgrandeur and stolid grimness of these gray Achean peaks; and so en- * W. H. H (Adirondack) Murray. 26 FOREST LEAVES thuse every woods-loving man and woman of the two continents, everyperson in whose veins runs the red blood of true sportsmanship, andwhose very heart-throbs heat in accord with the pulsations of animatenature, with a burning desire to come to this region, to witness thesewonders and these beauties, to view and to revel in the glory of thesemajestic mountains, these placid lakes, these flower-bordered, windingwatercourses, .to whip these trout streams, to wander with rifle in handthrough these grand primeval forests, to drink at these gushing form-. Deer Hunting in the Adirondacks. tains of immaculate purity, to absorb, with their nostrils, the heavenlysweetness of these woods and to breathe dee]) into their grateful lungsthis God-given balsamic air of almost miraculous healing power—inshort, to enjoy this region of a thousand blessings and a thousandcharms which an all-wise, all-provident and all-loving Creator hasseen fit to erect within the man-made boundaries of the Empire State,but which all humankind have a risfht to claim in common: so that FOREST LEAVES. 27 no consideration of distance, of time or of expense would stay themfrom making at least one journey to this grand international play-ground and universal sanitarium. The sportsmen of this State would welcome you with outstretchedarms. We are not jealous of the health and pleasure which our forestsand waters can give. We have no cruel, ungenerous, inhospital, un-chivalrous, unsportsmanlike, unstatesmanlike, undemocratic and un-American non-resident hunt
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