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friends, Mr. Hill of Conn, and bade 

 mm fareweii and said: 'Good-bye, my 

 aear friend, I can not write any longer, 

 we will meet again if it be willed. We 

 part with dear ones regretfully but not 

 fearfully, for I have known the God of 

 the trees and flowers, the birds, lake 

 and riverlet. In it I find nothing to 

 fear. I have suffered far more in wait- 

 ing for the end to come. \v nat a great 



wcrld we ii»e i-^, *- 

 but only look. But we need not kill 

 ourselves as I have done." 



Brave heart, brave to the end! On 

 July 15th I reverseu my trip, arriving 

 in Pittsfield a day sooner than usual. 

 Just why I did this I do not know. As 

 I entered the home, eager for his usual 

 greeting, the sad look on the faces 

 there, told me before words could be 

 uttered, that the end was near. 



He lived about two hours after my 

 arrival. We realized that his noble life 

 was fast drawing to a close. At 

 about 5 p. m. his spirit passed to its 

 reward and our poor, dear brother, 

 was relieved of his earthly sufferings 

 and was at rest. 



All that loving hands could do was 

 done for him, but the dreaded dis- 

 ease could not be appeased. 



Thus he was taken from our ranks, 



his life work uncompleted, but leaving 



behind him a noble example of true 



manhood. Many and beautiful were 



the floral emblems given by his many 



loving friends, as a last sad tribute. 



On the casket rested a bank of flowers 



with the letters M. O. S. arranged in 



the center, given by the fellow officers 



for the Society. It was his request 



that his near and dear friends should 



act as pall-bearers, and as we bore his 



remains to their last sad resting 



place, our hearts were filled with grief 



as we realized we had lost one of 



the truest and best friends we had 



ever known. 

 In his demise, science loses a 



staunch worxer and our society will 

 ever miss him from our ranks as one 

 of its firmest promoters and one of 

 our staunchest friends. 



As a plank of driftwood, 



Tossed on the watery main; 



Another plank encounters. 



Meets and parts again. 



Thus it is with us forever; 



On life's tempestuous sea, 



We meet, greet and sever; 



Drifting eternally." 



J. MERTON SWAIN. 

 Boston, Nov. 16, 1902. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Am. Orinthology, Vol. II, No. 12. 



Auk, Vol. 19, No. 4. 



Birdlore, Vol. 4, No. 6. 



Birds of Middle and Eastern N. A., 

 Ridgway 2nd Vol. 



Condor, Vol. 4, No. 6. 



Farmer's Bulletin, No. 160, U. S. 

 Agr. Dept. 



Forest and Stream, Vol. 58, Oct. to 

 Dec. 



Gamophyllous, Vol. 2, No. 12. 



Game Laws for 1902, Dr. T. S. Palm- 

 er and H. W. Olds. U. S. Biological 

 Survey. 



Me. Sportsman, Vol. 10, Oct. to Dec. 



Mayflower, Vol.- 18, No. 11. 



Report of Mass. Audubon Society. 



Nature Study, Vol. 3, No. 6-7. 



Notice to Milliners, Me. Fish and 

 Game Com. 



Notes on R. I. Ornithology, Vol. 3, 

 No. 4. 



Plant World, Vol. 5, Oct. to Dec. 



Oologist, Vol. 19, No. 193. 



Portland Advertiser, every Monday's 

 issue, with notes on bird life by Ed. 

 Brownson. 



Plymouth. (Mich.) Review, every 

 week, with notes on birds by Mrs. O. 

 Graffron. 



Plant Travellers, Nature Study, leaf- 

 let No. 3 N. H. Agr. Exp. Sta. by Prof. 

 C. M. Weed. 



