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[[start page]][[underlined]] From My Tent Doorway in the Maine Woods [[/underlined]] A sunny bit of second growth comprising young pines, slender ^[[insertion]] white [[//insertion]] birches, & ^[[insertion]] spotted barked [[/insertion]] maple & beech ^[[insertion]] whose leaves glow vivid yellow green in the sun, [[/insertion]] with a floor cover of brake with stems strong enough to hold a bird, & blueberries to furnish food; all on the edge of a lake where ^[[insertion]] cool drink & [[/insertion]] baths may be had in shallow water and warm sunshine comes in between the trees to quickly dry our ^ [[insertion]] feathers [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] affords [[/strikethrough]] such a bit of woodland attracts many birds. From my doorway I look out under [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] low arching branches [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] through a vista to the lake and across to the timbered shore beyond, & behind ^[[insertion]] which rise [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] the hazy or dark blue ridges of the White Mts. & the clouds [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] pile up above them. Two small tents ^[[insertion]] [[other?]] shore [[/insertion]] among the trees to the left of my vista give only a feeling of human companionship. A diving raft, seen through the fringe of trees up the lake also gives a pleasant feeling of [[deep?]] pleasure. Most of the day the birds may have full possession, for my tent is the last down the line and woods & lake have left the camp deserted. The twittering of swallows that hunt for insects flying back and forth over the water lilies. [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] whose green pads make [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] broad belts across the lake. Waxwings beady notes remind me that it is getting [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Index [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Animals [[/underlined]] - 59, 61 [[underlined]] Bald Fall [[/underlined]] - to foot in auto 58, 63. [[underlined]] Ball Game [[/underlined]] 52 Camp Fire 24 [[underline]] Cranberry Bog 19 [[/underline]] " [[ditto for: "Camp"]] [[Tewuua?]] 3 - [[underline]] [[Ferus?]] [[/underline]] 10 [[underline]] Flowers [[/underline]] 27 Fryeburg Harbor 18 [[underline]] Lake & Mts.[[/underline]] 30 [[underline]] Montreal [[/underline]] 2 [[underline]] Naples [[/underline]] [[underline]] North Waterford [[/underline]] 25 [[underline]] Outlet. [[/underline]] 12 - [[underline]] Snakes [[/underline]] 29 [[underline]] Swamps [[/underline]] {Alder 36 {Hemlock 41 - {Outlet 44 - [[underline]] Trees [[/underline]] - 50, 65 [[underline]] Washington to Homewood [[/underline]] 1 [[underline]] Woods [[/underline]] 48
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