PREFACE 13 



Some of the reflections and generalizations have 

 been added to the original notes in later years, and 

 the style of both earlier and later records has 

 been freely revised. 



The writer is grateful to all those who have 

 furnished photographs for the illustrations. The 

 photograph by Mr. Carl Stempel has been accessi- 

 ble through the kindness of Miss Selma Stempel. 

 Miss Katharine Macy and Professor Charles Noble 

 have read the manuscript and their interest and 

 suggestive comment have been appreciated. Miss 

 Edna Osborne has given valuable assistance in 

 revision of the manuscript, and in preparation of 

 the index. 



If it were possible to thank all of the comrades 

 of our Hawkeye rambles, early and late — college 

 president, lawyer, doctor of medicine and doctor 

 of philosophy, banker, Rhodes scholar, Indian lad, 

 farm boy, bright Dutch woman from South Afri- 

 ca ! Some are still living in Iowa, some are be- 

 yond the Atlantic or the Pacific ; some have passed 

 across a yet wider sea. Surely some of us who 

 love the comradeship with nature find still deeper 

 in our hearts the fellowship of man. 



S. L. W. 

 Marine Station, San Juan Island, 

 Washington, July, 1914 



