mns rode Washington, Hamilton, Knox,
Steuben, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Lincoln, and many other
officers, but the British commander, being ill, was not
present in person, and when his representative, General
O'Hara, tendered his superior's sword to Washington, the 5
commander in chief allowed General Lincoln, who had
once been Cornwallis's prisoner, to receive it, and that
officer, merely taking it in his hand for a moment, instantly
returned it.

Meanwhile horsemen were flying in all directions with 10
the joyful tidings, and within a week the whole country was
blazing with enthusiasm, while Washington was calmly
planning to finish the work to which he had set his hand.

(From Frederick Trevor Hill's _On the Trail of
Washington_. Used by permission of the publishers,
D. Appleton & Company.)

1. Make a sketch showing the position of the
various armies and navies at the time Washington
conceived the bold stroke of trapping Cornwallis,
and explain from your map how this stroke was
achieved.

2. Tell who the following are: De Grasse, Greene,
Clinton, Rochambeau, Lafayette, Lincoln, Steuben,
Cornwallis, Burgoyne.

3. What might have disjointed all Washington's
plans? Discuss.

Where may the wearied eye repose,
When gazing on the great,
Where neither guilty glory glows
Nor despicable state?
Yes, one--the first--the last--the best-- 5
The Cincinnatus of the West,
Whom envy dared not hate
Bequeathed the name of Washington,
To make men blush there was but one!

--_George Gordon Byron._

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

BY W. F. MARKWICK AND W. A. SMITH

Our birds and our trees are often honored together
on a Bird and Arbor Day. The names of many
naturalists might be selected, whose biographies
could fittingly be read on such an occasion; but
none could be more appropriately chosen than that
of John James Audubon, the American pioneer among
the scientist lovers of both birds and trees.

In 1828 a wonderful book, _The Birds of America_, by John
James Audubon, was issued. It is a good illustration
of what has been accomplished by beginning in one's youth