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side, or even behind us, having swum toward us 
and gone under the boat. Once, when we suc- 
ceeded in driving it into a cove, finding itself 
close to shore, it turned, and, swimming under 
us, was out in the open water again, ready for 
FLOATING NEST OF GREAT LOON, NEAR SHORE OF POND, MAINE. 
1A IN, (Cq “ED INEID ; 
another chase. Sagacious bird !—who ever invented 
fhatephrase,.*¢crazy as\sa, loon?’ - “The, only excuse 
is that the bird’s notes resemble wild laughter. 
The small Loon is not known to nest in the 
United States, but in many places along our 
northern border the larger one makes its summer 
home on the wild lakes. In northern New 
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