Part 1

WILD PASTURES

WILD PASTURES

WINTHROP PACKARD

ILLUSTRATED BY

CHARLES COPELAND

BOSTON

SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1909

By Small, Maynard & Company

(INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationers’ Hall

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

MY WIFE AND THE WEE BOY

WHO HAVE MADE AND SHARED THE PASTURE SUNSHINE

CONTENTS

PAGE

WAYLAYING THE DAWN 1

STALKING THE WILD GRAPE 25

THE FROG RENDEZVOUS 47

A BUTTERFLY CHASE 69

DOWN STREAM 89

BROOK MAGIC 109

IN THE PONKAPOAG BOGS 131

SOME BUTTERFLY FRIENDS 151

THE RESTING TIME OF THE BIRDS 173

THE POND AT LOW TIDE 193

HOW THE RAIN CAME 215