CHAPTER XVIII.

The Wilderness around Puddleford.--The Rivers and the Forests.--Suggestions of Old Times.--Footprints of the Jesuits.--Vine-covered Mounds.--Visit to the Forest.--The Early Frost.--The Forest Clock.--The Woodland Harvest.--The Last Flowers.--Nature sowing her Seed.--The Squirrel in the Hickory.--Pigeons, their Ways and their Haunts.--The Butterflies and the Bullfrog.--Nature and her Sermons.--Her Temple still open, but the High-priest gone. 230