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per, guide, taxidermist, sportsman, and 

 good fellow, then we were at home. 



Line told some pretty good stories, but 

 he got one setback that made us smile. 

 He had a very large Gray Squirrel that he 

 had just completed and stuffed for all it 

 was worth. He had barely called our 

 attention to it and we had remarked that 

 it was as large as a cat, when in walked a 

 lady. Walking around and admiring the 

 various things, her eye fell upon Line's 

 Squirrel. "Oh, my!" she exclaimed, 

 "isn't it a beauty? But I have got one 

 at Jiome tzvice as large.'^ A deep silence 

 fell upon the scene. 



Carl Fritz-Henning during the summer 

 made a trip up and down the Mississippi 

 river from Clinton, Iowa, to St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



He writes that the scenery is grand and 

 bird life was abundant. 



While in Minnesota he visited and re- 

 mained several days at lake Minnetorka. 



During the fall he made a trip down the 

 Illinois river from Hennipin to Peoria. 



On October 34, he reports thousands of 

 Crow Blackbirds near Boone, la., ready to 

 migrate. 



Oliver Davie writes that he is working 

 hard to have his work out by January i . 

 We have a very few samples of plates that 

 we will send to any one who really wishes 

 to subscribe. 



Mr. Davie will publish in the work 

 the names of all who subscribe up to 500, 

 the limit. We have received quite a 

 number of new names. Seventy-five to 

 eighty full-page plates means quite a work, 

 and the price at which it can now be 

 secured, five dollars, is very low. 



Mr. Davie is preparing a collection of 

 birds for the State of Ohio, that are to 

 be exhibited at the Columbian Exposition. 

 He writes that he has just completed a 

 private museum, and the birds will be ex- 

 hibited there before sending to Chicago. 



MUSKEGET ISLAND. 



Muskeget Island, thy name is blest' 

 With pleasant memories of peace and rest. 

 Safely ensconced in old ocean's bed, 

 .Vlike to life's cares and sorrows dead, 

 To th\- barren shores we gladly fly. 

 And bid ihe bustlinLf world " ii^ood-bye." 



From this lonely isle, wet with ocean spray, 

 The white-winged Seagull bears away 

 The onl\- message to the outer world 

 Of pitiless storms against it hurled. 



But nighlh' billows and tempestuous winds. 

 Fraught with peril to all mankind, 

 Make no injuries on thy shifting sands 

 As they onw ard move to less favored lands. 



No blades of grass or budding trees 

 Herald the coming of a warmer breeze. 

 To Winter and Summer alike thou art dead, 

 Serenelv calm in thy watery bed. 



And vet w hat pleasure is in store 

 For those who vearh' seek this shore. 

 In its sheltered bay the sportsman finds 

 Ducks and Geese of various kinds. 

 Who unsuspicious of the death that awaits 

 Their sojourn here in search of mates. 



In the balmy days of an early spring 

 Peace and rest thy solitudes bring. 

 Merchandise venders are something unknown, 

 Brokers can't reach you by Bell Telephone, 

 Stocks and bonds may advance or decline, 

 Clearing-house rates to the dogs we consign, 

 Political wars no progress make, 

 Religious belief no parson can shake. 

 Freedom of action is ours to enjoy ; 

 The business man once more is a boy. 



If wind and waves thy praise could sing, 

 A silent tribute each day would luring, 

 Though memory fades, hearts ne'er can forget 

 The pleasures — peace of Muskeget. 



Gordon Phiiiiiiicr. 



While at Line Daniels' a specimen of 

 the Hutchins Goose, that had been shot in 

 Maine, was brought in to be mounted. 



James M. Southwick is again able to 

 attend to business. 



The British Guiana Museum will make 

 an exhibit of the mammals of that country 

 at the Columbian Exposition. The con- 

 tract for mounting them came to H3-de 



Park, Mass. 



