CHAPTER III

“Man doth usurp all space,

Stares thee, in rock, bush, river, in

the face.

Never thine eyes behold a tree;

‘Tis no sea thou seest in the sea,

‘Tis but a disguised humanity.

To avoid thy fellow, vain thy plan;

All that interests a man, is man.”

HENRY SUTTON.

The trees, which were far apart where I entered, giving free passage to the level rays of the sun, clo