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was hungry till we landed in his house, about four miles 

 from town." 



His biographer, Dr. Dirlington, says: "Mr. Bartram 

 was a man of modest and gentle manners, frank, cheerful, 

 and of great good nature ; a lover of justice, truth and char- 

 ity. His humanity, gentleness and compassion were mani- 

 fested upon all oceasions, and were even extended to the 

 animal creation. He was never known to have been at en- 

 mity with any man." 



* * * 



A short time since ' ' we seven ' ' spent a day upon the 

 road. 



For several years during the picnic season. Tower Hill 

 in a neighboring township had been the Mecca of our 

 hopes and desires. Why it was so desirable to go there, 

 we never questioned, but other pilgrims had attained the 

 shrine, and the little grove crowning the hilltop certainly 

 looked enticing across the waters of Massabesic. 



The ride by steam and trolley ended, we started on our 

 several-mile tramp. The time allowance and distance did 

 not permit us to turn aside from the beaten road, but one 

 of our greatest delights of the day was the abundance of 

 wild flowers which lined the highway. 



The frequent overlapping of the seasons often gives to 

 any one month an increase in the floral calendar, and a 

 half hundred or more species were easily counted by the 

 most casual observation. 



I could not help thinking, as I walked along, how large- 

 ly conditions of life and travel, in most parts of the coun- 

 try, had been modified since the days of John Bartram, 

 and yet, here, doubtless, were many of the flowers that he 

 knew, blooming on for us, as they had done for him. 



As we stood upon that low, rounded summit, trying to 

 grasp a picture which should be forever ours of that beau- 

 tiful blue horizon of western hills and mountains, or turned 

 again to the bright flowers along the wayside which had 



