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We then loaded Mr. Ochsner's Ford to the Hmit, and we arrived at 

 the farm house just as the farmer returned from his work in the field. 



The reception he gave us was anything but a welcome, saying that 

 if he had been home when we arrived he would not have allowed us to 

 go into his woods. He was angry because the boys had shot a lot of 

 the birds and he was venting his wrath on us. He said the game war- 

 den had told him he did not believe we had any right to shoot the birds. 

 The game warden, however, did not visit us to find out whether or not 



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Fig. 16. — Nests of the Great Blue Heron. Lake Wisconsin, near Okee, 

 Columbia County, Wis. Photo by W. D. Richardson, Chicago. 



we had collecting permits. In a little while he became more calm, and 

 he and Air. ( )chsner got into friendly conversation. Then it developed 

 that they were acquainted with mutual school chums, relatives and neigh- 

 bors. That little l)it of diplomacy on Mr. Ochsner's part won the day. 

 The farmer l)ecame friendly, immediately invited us to supper, and to 

 stay over night. He did not say another word aljout Night Herons, and 

 proved himself not a bad sort of fellow after all. We slept well that 

 night after a ride of seventy-two miles in a Ford and a hard day's work 

 in the woods. 



