LETTER XXIV 



Running Water Hereditary Love of Water Boyhood of C. R. 

 Leslie Mad Turkey-Cock The Spaniel and Hens Ants- 

 Ant-heaps Eggs Ant-heaps after Rain. 



gthjuly, 1895. 



DEAR MARCO The fascination which run- 

 ning water has for me is, I believe, inherited 

 from my father. The love of water as a 

 means of recreation, is strongly felt not only 

 by myself and my children, but by my brothers 

 and their children as well. 



My brother Bradford and I, as boys, were 

 never happier than when engaged in making 

 little dams and waterfalls across some small 

 brook or other ; no walk much pleased us that 

 did not lead either to or past some stream or 

 river. Sailing boats and the sea are, as you 



