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TO

The Many Friends of the Author

WHO IN PAST YEARS

HAVE ENCAMPED WITH HIM IN FOREST AND BY STREAM,

AND WHO DOUBTLESS IN READING THIS LITTLE

VOLUME WILL RECALL HIS PRESENCE

WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES;

AND

TO THOSE READERS WHO NOT HAVING KNOWN HIM

WILL FROM THESE PAGES

MAKE SOME ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIS

LIFE AND CHARACTER.