. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 20 THE BROOK BOOK plants of Jack-in-the-pulpit amid a company of anem- ones and violets. A dozen stalks of the false Sol- omon's seal in blossom hung like a white fringe at the water's very edge. From the treetops there floated down maple keys and seeds of elm. They fell into the stream and were borne away. A delicate May - fly no bigger than a gnat fluttered up and down over the water. Here and there little blue butterflies floated on the air, like flower petals or tiny feathe
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 20 THE BROOK BOOK plants of Jack-in-the-pulpit amid a company of anem- ones and violets. A dozen stalks of the false Sol- omon's seal in blossom hung like a white fringe at the water's very edge. From the treetops there floated down maple keys and seeds of elm. They fell into the stream and were borne away. A delicate May - fly no bigger than a gnat fluttered up and down over the water. Here and there little blue butterflies floated on the air, like flower petals or tiny feathers from a bluebird's wing. Suddenly my path came to a standstill, for there was the STURDY ^^^J ^J^-^J^ J J^^J ^^^^^^^ ^^^ to find and which would soon leave me down by the mill from which one always took fresh start. For there one was in the gorge itself and soon came to the "Narrows" beyond which the hills drew apart, leaving a wide amphitheater. The broad, level area between the hills was crowded with young beech trees. They came down to the very water's brink and hung their long branches out over the stream. One could hardly believe that the water which flowed with scarce a ripple here among the beeches would hurry through the. 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 Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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