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river, above where hunters generally go and where 

 game is plenty. Such bird suppers as Reuben could get 

 up I never expect to see again." After spending a very 

 pleasant winter south, Mr. and Mrs. Boardman left for 

 the north April 3 and arrived home May 2. The very 

 next day, as was his usual custom, he " went all round 

 to see friends" and also went to get Mayflowers. The 

 summer was spent quietly at home and the diary records 

 days of shooting, what birds were obtained and how 

 many, with work in the bird house, mounting and send- 

 ing away specimens to his friends and correspondents, 

 labelling eggs and skins with other similar details of 

 employments in which he delighted. 



That well-known sporting and natural history journal. 

 Forest and Stream, was established by his friend and 

 correspondent, Mr. Charles Hallock who was its editor 

 for many years. The first number was dated August 11, 

 1873 and Mr. Boardman's name was the second one placed 

 upon its subscription books. In number five of that jour- 

 nal, dated September 11, appears an article by Mr. Board- 

 man, written in answer to a request from Mr. Hallock, 

 entitled Attractions of Natural History, which is here 

 given. It is signed George A. Boardman (Naturalist): 



I am more than pleased with tlie first two numbers of the 

 Forest aud Stream. Such a paper, I think, is very nmch needed 

 to educate our people to out-door exercises and sports and to the 

 study of natural history in some of its branches. To the lover of 

 the beautiful — to one wlio delights in the gay, bright beings of 

 nature, ornithology is one of the most attractive branches of 

 Natural Science. How little most people know of the number aud 

 variety of birds that anuually visit everj'^ part of our extended 

 clime, or are even aware how many spend the summer in our 

 immediate vicinity. 



