PREFACE 



If old but never-to-be-forgotten memories 

 can be reawakened in the heart of those 

 who read these pages, and if for the moment 

 all cares be cast aside, I shall rest content. 



If the perusal takes you back to the days 

 when you lived close to nature, the aim 

 will have been fulfilled. 



Had it not been for the kindness of my 

 preceptor and friend, Doctor James A. Hen- 

 shall, who wrote the introduction and en- 

 couraged me in my task, my own courage 

 would have ebbed. 



Had I not, in a rash moment, almost 

 promised some of the members of the 

 Explorers' Club, that some day I would at- 

 tempt something of the sort; had I not 

 listened to most delightful reminiscent ex- 

 periences at the Canadian Camp dinners; 

 had it not been for the enjoyable and in- 

 spiring hours passed in the happy compan- 

 ionship of Mr. Isaac B. Hosford, Mr. Herbert 

 Pomeroy Brown, and Dr. Charles R. 

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