CORRESPONDENCE 291 



Letter from Lieut- Gov. Arthur II. Gordon to Mr. Boardman 



FiJEDEHiCTON, July 15, 1863. 

 My Dear Sir : 



I was* much obliged to you for tlie trouble you took iu procur- 

 ing me the sciuirrels. They arrived all safe and very pretty little 

 creatures they were, but alas ! only two or three days after they 

 came their cage was fouud empty some stupid porsou having 

 allowed them to escajje or some ill-disposed person having stolen 

 them I It was a great dis:ipi)ointnient to me as I had fully intended 

 to take them with me to England for the Zoological Gardens. I 

 cannot ask j-ou to take so much trouble again iu procuring me 

 another jjair, but should you hear of one perhaps you will kindly 

 remember that I am looking out for some and that I am quite 

 ready to pay well for them. 



There is another animal which I am rather anxious to add to 

 ray collection, the fisher or pecquan. It is, I believe, very rare. I 

 have never seen even a dead specimen. 



We have been parched for want of raiu but it is falling now 

 at last. 



Fray do not forget the list of birds and beasts you were good 

 enough to promise that you would contribute to my lieport to the 

 Queen. If a few words as to the habits, appearance, etc., of each 

 species were added it would much increase its value. 

 Yours very sincerely, 



Arthur II. Gordon. 



Letter from Prof. L. W. Bailey to Mr. Boardman 



Fredericton, June 5th, 1874. 

 My Dear Sir: 



Many thanks for your kind letter of the 2Bt]i ult. and for 

 your generous answer to my somewhat bold request. The birds 

 you meutiou will be a very great addition to this part of our 

 cabinet, and will, I trust, do much to awaken a more general 

 interest in the whole. 



I dare say that our students could do something in the way of 

 egg collecting, but I have felt a little reluctant to encourage them 

 iu this direction, as I have somewhere read or heard (perhaps 



