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HAPPENED to spend a few days in Montreal 

 in November, 1897, where, I may say en 

 passant, I have many warm friends. While 

 there I had the honor one evening of being the 

 guest of Mr. George Boulter, ex-President' of the 

 Montreal Gun Club, and it was at his house that 

 I first had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Drum- 

 mond. Needless to say, we spent a most enjoy- 

 able evening. Some of the Doctor's poems, 

 amongst others, "Le Vieux Temps," were admir- 

 ably rendered by one of the guests. The Doctor 

 was one of the members of the "Weymahegan 

 Salmon Club." and, of course, some of the topics 

 of conversation were fishing and shooting. Some 

 time later, I received by our winter mail a copy 

 of "The Habitant," with the best wishes of the 

 author. On the fly-leaf of the book was written : 



" The Sirens of the Godbout's shore 

 Must be a very different species 

 To those who sang on Cretan cliffs 

 And played the devil with Ulysses, 

 For he, poor chap, instead of Heaven 

 Soon found himself Alas ! in Hades, 

 While you " O'Komo " seem to thrive 

 Among the Godbout's rock-bound ladies ! " 



W. H. DRUMMOND. 

 Montreal, Nov. 26th, 1907. 



