. The dune country . t up. If youve got some o them [167] THE DUNE COUNTRY kind of seegars with you, that you gave me theother day, I think it ud be nice fer us to smokeone on the strength o me findin my kittle. The disreputable utensil was stowed carefullyin the boat, with the rest of our belongings, andfinally reached its rightful home. The adaptation of particular minds to particularforms of activity is one of the most difficultproblems of our highly specialized social struc-ture. Happiness and achievement are largely de-pendent upon mental and physical harmony be-tween the man and his task
. The dune country . t up. If youve got some o them [167] THE DUNE COUNTRY kind of seegars with you, that you gave me theother day, I think it ud be nice fer us to smokeone on the strength o me findin my kittle. The disreputable utensil was stowed carefullyin the boat, with the rest of our belongings, andfinally reached its rightful home. The adaptation of particular minds to particularforms of activity is one of the most difficultproblems of our highly specialized social struc-ture. Happiness and achievement are largely de-pendent upon mental and physical harmony be-tween the man and his task. The learned pro-fessions, like all other mediums of human activity,carry with them in their progress the misfitsand the by-products which are inseparable fromthem. Poor old Doc Looney is both a misfit and a by-product. He is innocently drifting in waters thatare beyond his depth, and while he is of little valuein the world, his powerful remedies, potentialherbs and infusions will probably find but fewvictims. [168]. ^«>{->»r; i»»W CHAPTER IX THE MYSTERIOUS PROWLER ONE fall there were queer happenings inthe dune country. The story is nearlytwelve miles long, the details extendingall along the shore, from Happy Cals shanty toa point away north of where old Sipes sweeps thehorizon through his little spotter. The tracks of some strange and unknown animalbegan to appear on the sand at different placesalong the beach. They were about three incheslong, and nearly round, with irregular impressions were not very deep. They had [169] THE DUNE COUNTRY not been made with hoofs. They were too largefor the imprints of a dog or wolf, and were toosmall, and not of the right shape for a bear. No bird or beast could have made these tracks,that had ever been seen or heard of by anybodywho inspected them. The denizens of the sand-hills, who had hunted and trapped among themfor many years, were utterly amazed and dum-founded. Some marvelous thing had come intothe country.
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