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between the two naturalists which was only terminated 

 by Prof. Baird's death. It was also doubly happ)^ to 

 Mr. Boardman, for at that time he was enjoj-ing a sec- 

 ond visit from Henry E. Dresser, the eminent English 

 ornithologist and his brother Joseph — who is always 

 referred to in Mr. Dresser's letters to Mr. Boardman as 

 Joe. The Dressers reached St. Stephen on August 7 

 and left on the day following Prof. Baird's arrival 

 and the meeting of these famous naturalists must have 

 been an event of great pleasure to each of them. After 

 spending a day or two at St. Stephen, Prof. Baird 

 went to Eastport but returned again with Mrs. Baird 

 and his daughter Eucy. While their guests Mr. Board- 

 man took Prof. Baird to the Grand Eakes and other 

 interesting places for birds and fish and after a stay of 

 some days Prof. Baird returned to Eastport, leaving 

 Mrs. and Miss Baird with the Boardmans. This was 

 also the beginning of a long friendship between the two 

 families and many were the visits made to and from each 

 in after years. On their return to Washington in Sep- 

 tember Mr. Boardman accompanied the Bairds to Boston 

 and New York where the two friends ' ' went around to 

 see all the scientific folks " — as Mr. Boardman records 

 in his diary. 



The years 1866 and 1867 were extremely busy years 

 with Mr. Boardman so far as his business interests were 

 concerned. During these 3^ears he went many times to 

 Boston, Providence, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia 

 and Washington on business for his firm — selling 

 cargoes of lumber, calling upon business friends, making 

 collections and purchasing supplies for his lumbering 

 camps and mills. But the interests of his dearest pursuit, 



