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THE MUSEUM. 



Euplectella aspergillum, or Venus Flower Bas- 

 ket, Venus Coral or Glass Sponge from 

 Phillipines. 



outfit consisted of a heavy team of 

 horses on the big covered wagon (call- 

 ed the Ark) loaded clear to the top, a 

 light team on a platform spring wagon 

 with the two boats, (the boats were a 

 14 foot stiff canvass and a ten foot 



folding canvass canoej a single horse 

 to the buggy for myself and wife. 



It was a grand morning, clear, and 

 cool with a nice breezp blowing as it 

 almost always does in this country. 

 That day we drove 20 miles to some 

 small lakes where camp was made 

 and the hard work of collecting be- 

 gan. . 



From iMy notes taken that day they 

 read as follows: 



The hounds had two good runs after 

 Jack rabbits, caught one and lost the 

 other. 



(I had a pair of Grey hounds, an 

 Irish water spaniel and a Gordon set- 

 ter.) 



I found the nest of a Gadwell Duck 

 with seven eggs, a Pintail with three 

 eggs, shot male and female Gadwell 

 and male Sandhill Crane; made up the 

 skins and blew the eggs before dark, 

 and made up camp in the "Ark" It 

 was the first time my wife had ever 

 slept out of doors. 



At 5 a. m. I started out for a hunt 

 before breakfast. Shot six Ducks, 

 three good Redheads for skins, and 

 three Blue-wing Teal to eat. When 

 I returned to camp I found breakfast 

 waiting for me to come in. 



My wife had just completed her toi- 

 let (under difficulties) and after break- 

 fasting we started at 7:30. Traveling 

 on west imtil 11:30, we arrived at 

 Stump Lake, 35 miles west of Lari- 

 more, and 65 west of Grand Forks. 

 Here we expected to stay most of the 

 summer as it was my old camping 

 grounds. We made camp in an old 

 log house, as all of our trips were to 

 start from here as the base of supplies; 

 it being the most convenient point from 

 which to visit the other good collecting 

 ground. 



