Appreciations of Mr. Long and his Work 
prowls all night, or lies in his canoe, or uses his 
“jack” on dark nights, just as he did when a boy, 
from pure love. 
The distinct individuality of each bird or beast 
forms the basis of all his work. He never describes 
them in classes, simply because no two are alike... . 
Dr. Long’s hardest work comes in the 
verification of his own discoveries, for 
he is the most conscientious of writers, 
positively refusing to write an observa- 
tion until he has confirmed it by records 
of other naturalists, or by reliable testi- 
mony. Asaresult, his notebooks contain 
descriptions of hundreds of rare animal 
habits that he has seen but never written 
about, simply because of his inability to 
find other naturalists or woodsmen who 
have witnessed the same thing. 
Sara A. Hubbard in The Dial, 
September 16, 1901 
HAT is there of promise in a yy 
boy who idles away all the time 
he can steal from home and books and health- 
ful play to sit like a stock or a stone for hours together 
watching the strange ways of the frogs and the ducks, 
the otter and the musquash, that haunt the brook or 
the lake and hide their life from all but the 
most patient of prying eyes; or who wanders 
through the woods and remote by-places to 
come silently upon the wild folk dwelling 
' there and win them to friendly confidence 
or startle them into a betrayal of their best 
kept secrets? What profit is there in a 
man who spends weeks of winter and sum- 
mer in the heart of the wilderness, alone 
an ie rod and gun, an Indian guide at hand for 
camp service and timely help at need, but living under 
a separate roof, while the hunter paddles his bark 
canoe on solitary waters or travels on snowshoes 
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