14 INTRODUCTION. 



will join thee in thy matin hymn to thy 

 Creator." 



Waterton trod on this holy ground. To 

 imitate the noiseless walk of the Indian he 

 went barefoot. Although not primarily a 

 student of bird-life as he was, I have 

 followed in his steps. His Indian and 

 Boviander friends have their representatives 

 to-day ; you may come across descendants of 

 the Backers and possibly of Daddy Quashy. 

 The forest is still there, and almost as lonely 

 as when he wandered through it. The 

 home of the Edmonstones has long gone 

 to ruin, but we can still find its site. 

 Possibly in the future some visitor to the 

 Colony may like to explore the creek 

 where he lived, and where the little one- 

 fourth Indian girl grew up who afterwards 

 became his wife. 



Nowadays there is little delight in 

 thoughtful meditation ; we generally live 

 among a crowd of people, which hardly con- 



