A LIFE RECORD 65 



left for the north April 8 and, after brief visits at Wash- 

 ington, New York and Boston, reached home April 21. 

 The summer was spent at home and was exceedingly 

 quiet. 



The winter of 1872 was spent in Florida, Mr. Boardman 

 having left home January 8 and arrived at Jacksonville 

 January 26. It was one of the busiest and happiest 

 winters Mr. Boardman ever spent at the south. Among 

 the places visited were Hibernia, Magnolia, Port Royal, 

 Enterprise, Orange Bluff, Lemon Bluff and St. John 

 Bluff. He went up the St. John river to Lake Jessup, 

 Lake Widner and Lake Washington. There was hardly 

 a day, Sunday excepted, when Mr. Boardman was not 

 busy with his sport and collecting, down to the time he 

 left for the north, April 12. 



His diary for this winter is full of most interesting 

 records. Among the birds shot were : Snipe, Florida 

 jays, ducks, wild turkeys, plover, white heron, blue 

 cranes, gannets, night herons, pelicans, wood ibis ; while 

 he also records shooting alligators and deer. March 8, 

 he records: "Shot birds all day;" and March 9, he 

 records : ' ' Shot birds all day ; deer, turkey and snipe 

 plenty." Other records are: "Skinned birds all the 

 forenoon." 



If the winter of this year was full of enjoyment to Mr. 

 Boardman the summer was equally full of pleasure. 

 Prof. Baird and his family made the Boardmans three or 

 four visits and their house was full of guests much of 

 the time. Prof. Baird was passing the summer at East- 

 port and with his family he visited Mr. Boardman in 

 June. Again in August the Bairds and the Boardmans 

 made a visit to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince 



