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six partridge. October 18 : Went out to the Mohannes 

 with Everett Smith of Portland, game commissioner for 

 Maine. October 19 : Mounted spruce partridge and 

 barred owl. October 20 : Went to Clark's with Everett 

 Smith, got two partridge, one woodcock ; afternoon 

 worked in bird house. October 21 : Worked in bird 

 house most all day . ' ' On November 24, 1880, Mr. Board- 

 man " shut up the house for the winter" and left for Flor- 

 ida, arriving at Jacksonville December 24. December 30, 

 Mr. Boardman records: "Thermometer 17 — coldest 

 for forty years; oranges all frozen on the trees." His 

 list of correspondents for that year numbered fifty-eight. 

 Three or four entries from Mr. Boardman's diary will 

 show how the days were spent during the winter months 

 in Florida : ' ' January 28 — Went out shooting with Mr. 

 Page of New York ; got some snipe, plover, red birds, 

 etc. February 1 — Made skin of fish crow ; got evening 

 grosbeaks. February 24 — Mounted birds and trimmed 

 orange trees. March 3 — Skinned two ivory-bill wood- 

 peckers , mounted birds and trimmed trees. ' ' On Sunday, 

 March 6, Mr. Boardman heard Bishop Whipple preach at 

 Sanford, Fla., where he was passing a vacation. The 

 two following days he went to Lake Jessup "fishing, 

 shooting and picnicking with Bishop Whipple." How 

 the two naturalists must have enjoyed each other's com- 

 pany ! Devout Christian that he was, Mr. Boardman 

 took pleasure in hearing the Bishop preach on Sunday, 

 while Bishop Whipple, lover of nature and also a sports- 

 man, enjoyed fishing and shooting with Mr. Boardman 

 on Monday. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple was the 

 first bishop of Minnesota and used to pass his winter 

 vacations at various points in Florida. He died Sept. 16, 



