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Besides his fondness for nature, he was a keen sportsman, 

 and above all, an enthusiastic salmon angler, and very many of 

 the older and better known anglers of the Eastern United States 

 used to visit him and fish with him. 



Mr. Boardman was, it is believed, the second subscriber on 

 the list of Forest and Stream when it was started in 1873, and 

 from that time to this he had taken it without a break. 



Hon. George F. Edmunds, United States Senator from 



Vermont 



I can say with sineei-e gratification that so far as my acquaint- 

 ance with Mr. Boardman went, I was strongly impressed with 

 the extent of his knowledge, the purity of his character and his 

 very agreeable manners. 



Robert Ridgway, Curator Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Although I saw Mr. Boardman but seldom, I nevertheless 

 remember well his kindly face, his friendly and genial greeting 

 and his bright and interesting conversation. 



D. G. Elliot, New York 



Mr. Boardman was a most careful observer and his statements 

 of things he had seen were thoroughly reliable. Men like him are 

 always rare and it is a pity that they are obliged to leave the scene 

 of their labor. 



Prof. William H. Dall, National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



My knowledge of the late George A. Boardman was confined 

 to personal intercourse with him at the Museum and at Prof. 

 Baird's house on his way to and from Florida in the early years 

 of my connection with the Museum. Like all who made his 

 acquaintance I felt a sincere regard for him, his mild, kindly 

 manner and consideration for those younger and less experienced 

 being always manifest. 



