PREFACE 



Dr. Glover M. Allen and to Mr. J. H. Emerton, 

 and for one each to Mr. J. T. Morse, Jr., and 

 to Mr. F. B. McKechnie. To Mr. R. T. Crane, 

 Jr., I am indebted for the photographs of the 

 old maps. I wish also to express my thanks 

 to Dr. Robert Swift for his drawings of seals 

 and mushrooms, and to Dr. Glover M. Allen 

 for his great kindness in reviewing the manu- 

 script. To my wife and eldest daughter I am 

 especially indebted for much patient and 

 kindly criticism. 



I have omitted all scientific names of ani- 

 mals and plants from the text, but those so 

 inclined will find them in the index. 



I have sometimes been asked what I found 

 of interest in the dunes and marshes. This 

 little book is the answer. 



Boston, January^ 1913, 



