8 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



it is not difficult to read of the exacting labor and painstaking attention 

 to detail the work of the secretaryship involved. All of Miss Drummond's 

 voluminous correspondence was faithfully discharged by herself, all of 

 it in long hand. The commonplace nature of an observation that prompted 

 the letter of inquiry to the secretary did not fail to elicit a friendly and 

 encouraging letter of reply which furnished incentive for future observa- 

 tion and interest. 



What a good listener is to a speaker, Miss Drummond seems to have 

 been to her correspondents. Her tact and appreciation were most alluring 

 and although all this brought a staggering burden of correspondence, there 

 were delightful compensations. There were glimpses of home life that 

 the new interest in the out-of-doors was brightening. Between secretary 

 and newly-aroused worker personal relations were frequently established. 

 These were not always casual for to this day many correspondents still 

 share with her enthusiasms that had their origins years ago and Miss 

 Drummond faithfully responds as of old. 



This seems to show that underlying her love for bird-life and the 

 dumb creatures of her acquaintance has always been the love for humanity 

 which, after all, gives the former real significance. Perhaps this is a real 

 test for a good Audubonite anyway. "He prayeth best who," we all agree, 

 — well, suppose we set it all down again : 



"He prayeth best who loveth best 



All things both great and small ; 

 For the dear God who loveth us, 



He made and loveth all." 



Jesse L. Smith. 



Photo by Ciarence Bonnell 



A TYPICAL SCENE IN BETHEL'S HOLLOW, POPE COUNTY, ILL., WHICH IS A ROCKY GORGE 



BORDERED WITH HIGH BLUFFS. THE BEECH TREES SHOWN HERE ARE TYPICAL 



OF THE RICH FOREST GROWTH NATIVE OF THE AREA. 



