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being unable to read at all for years, he spent much of his time in 

 the woods, gunning, trapping, or looking after the men employed 

 by his father in the woods and upon his large farm. As a general 

 thing, the gunning and trapping were merely incidental to some 

 real business. 



''Yet. beginning at about the time of his majority, he took long 

 trips into the then unbroken forests of Maine, deer hunting, moose 

 hunting and trapping, as well as to the seashore, where he learned 

 with the Indians all their skill at seal and porpoise hunting, and the 

 art of sailing a birch canoe in a heavy wind and sea. From 1852 

 until 1898 he had from one to three trips in the woods or to the coast 

 each year. In September, 1897 he was taken very critically ill while 

 camping at Gassobeeis Lake and got out only by his own indomit- 

 able will and the devotion of the man with him. From that time on 

 he never dared go into the woods. 



"Father knew intimately most of Aroostook, Piscataquis, Pe- 

 nobscot, Hancock and Washington Counties, and also much of 

 Waldo. The western part of the State was unknown to him and he 

 never collected outside of Maine. Indeed I may say that he made 

 but two real collecting trips that I can recall. These were both to 

 the seashore. He went into the woods in the fall or winter at the 

 season to hunt and cruise with most enjoyment. I have been off 

 with him a full month when we brought back not more than two or 

 three bird skins. Little insectivorous birds he would not kill, and 

 his collection is scantiest in the commonest kinds. He never had 

 but one Chickadee and not a female Robin. Of most of the com- 

 moner Warblers the collection has but a single specimen of each. 

 Killing little birds and stealing their nests never seemed to him 

 quite fit occupation for a man. 



"I have no bibliography of father's writings. He never valued 

 them nor preserved copies of them. The most was done for Forest 

 and Stream and for Shooting and Fishing. To other periodicals he 

 contributed only under pressure from the editors. I do not remem- 

 ber his writing for anything before the eighties and then it was the 

 game wardens rather than natural history that led him to write for 



