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in hope of seeing more bird-life. A few 

 scattered flocks of crossbills, large com- 

 panies of chickadees and golden-crowned 

 kinglets infested the pines. My com- 

 panion decided to brave the waters of 

 Mill Brook and disappeared in the pines 

 on the opposite bank. I had worn moc- 

 casins and the rough walking had made 

 me somewhat footsore, so leaving the 

 gorge and its lumber camps I made the 

 road and started homeward, seeing but 

 two blue jays during the walk. 



The trees that are felled on the foot- 

 hills are of the following varieties and 

 used for the purposes named : Spruce, 

 which is crushed and used for paper mak- 

 ing ; yellow birch and rock maple for 

 bobbins ; hemlock for planks ; and canoe 

 birch for spools ; and the bark of the hem- 

 lock is also shipped by rail for tannin. 



It was not until the morning of the 

 twenty-ninth that we were able to see the 

 summit of Mount Washington. The 

 sky was then clear and a hoar frost cov- 

 ered the meadows and pine branches. 

 Tramping up an old lumber road on the 

 hillside behind the farm, we obtained a 

 splendid view of the Presidential Range, 



