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over everyone entering a canoe, for they never expect to see his body 

 again. Even a fool in a canoe has a better chance of returning than 

 a wise man in an automobile, for the one in the boat has only himself to 

 look after while the one in the auto is as much in danger from his fellow 

 autoist as from his own action. What is a fool in a canoe? Primarily, 

 he is the same fool who goes out in a small boat of any kind, on 

 deep or dangerous waters, alone, without first learning to swim. If he 

 cannot swim, he is as safe in a canoe as in an auto. I have been an active 

 canoeist for eleven years and have had to swim for self-preservation but 

 three times. Two of these times I was sailing my canoe in half a gale, 

 the other time was in a wind storm where even an expert should have 

 staved ashore. 



On September 2, 3 and 4, while taking a trip from Pecatonica to 

 Rockford, 111., on the Pecatonica and Rock rivers, I observed without 

 the use of a glass, while passing by without stopping to study them, the 

 following : Black Tern, two species of Ducks, three species of Herons, 

 species of Sandpipers, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, two species of Hawks. 

 Screech Owl, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Kingfisher, four species of Wood- 

 peckers, Night Hawk, Chimney Swift, Kingbird, Phoebe, Blue Jay, Crow. 

 Baltimore Oriole, Bronzed Grackle, Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, Cedar 

 Waxwing, Grinnell's Waterthrush, American Redstart, Catbird, White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, Chickadee and Robin. A good share of the time 

 the weather was dubious and we were so pressed for time, that I could 

 not stop to observe and identify them as I would have liked to do. With 

 a glass and a little spare time I could have swelled this list to fifty or 

 sixty as there were many warblers and other small birds that could not 



be classified under existing conditions. 



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J. C. Van Duzer. 



