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the village of East Thompson. At the other places above men- 

 tioned only the stations, freight yards, garages and the trees near 

 the same were scouted. Not a sign of either the gypsy or brown- 

 tail moth was found. 



"A distance of forty miles was covered. 



"Mr. G. D. Whitehead, a government scout, was sent to Ston- 

 ington April ist, and scouted in various parts of the state until 

 May 2d. He and the writer scouted the main highway to Mystic, 

 Noank and Midway, spending some time at the freight yard in 

 the latter place. 



"Three days were spent in New London, where the trees were 

 examined on Main, Bank and Broad streets and on Montauk, 

 Pequot and Ocean avenues. Several garages and the freight 

 yards were .scouted, also some of the trees along the banks of 

 the Thames River near where automobiles attending the boat- 

 races were stationed. The trees in Williams Park and around 

 Williams Memorial Institute were scouted. 



"About thirty-five or forty miles were traversed, and no 

 evidence of moths were found. 



New Haven to Hartford — "Mr. Whitehead and the writer left 

 for New Haven the 23d of April, where they began scouting for 

 the gypsy moth. Twentv-six garages were visited and the trees 

 in the vicinity of the same were inspected. The freight yards 

 were also examined. 



"Scouting was then taken up along the main automobile route 

 to Hartford, passing through the towns of North Haven, 'V^al- 

 lingford, Yalesville, Meriden, Berlin Junction, New Britain and 

 Newington to Hartford. Here, as on the other trips, the shade 

 trees and orchards bordering on the highway were scouted, also 

 the garages in Wallingford, Meriden and New Britain. 



"New Britain Avenue and Farmington Avenue in Hartford 

 were both scouted, as automobiles follow both routes into the 

 city. 



"No evidences of the gypsy moth or brown-tail moth were 

 found after traversing a distance estimated at eighty miles. 



"About a week was spent on this route, and then May 2d was 

 spent scouting about in the village of Pomfret. This included 

 the street trees and also the shade trees near Pomfret School. 

 The street leading from the station past the school to the Putnam 



