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weight proving too heavy for him, he dropped 

 it by the western aviary and made off un- 

 encumbered. 



Bartlett is a man who would interest you 

 very much ; not only is he a keen observer, 

 but he has travelled much in his time. Last 

 year the Society sent him out to the Canary 

 Islands, so as to enable him to avoid the 

 rigour of that terrible winter and establish 

 his health. Physically, he is a wonderful 

 man between seventy and eighty, very wiry, 



and full of energy and go. 



H. S. M. 



