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A. Henry Bradley. 

 Q. Each time ? 



A. No, sir; only the time that I made the long visit to Blue Moun- 

 tain lake, Forked lake, Marion river and those localities. 

 Q. Who went with you ? 

 A. I went alone upon the other occasions. 

 Q. Was Bradley, "Commodore" Bradley, as he is called? 

 A. Tes, sir. 



Q. He was at that time a forester ? 

 A. Tes, sir; I had a very complete trip then. 



Cross-examinnaHon: 

 By Mr. Fiebo: 

 ' Q. Is Bradley a competent man ? 



A. Yes, very. 



Q. The part of the Adirondacks which you visited, was that the 

 choice part? - 



A. I have no doubt that it is the most beautiful part of the world, 

 that Baquette lake property. 



Q. The part most frequented by the public ? 



A. Yes, sir. • 



Q. And regarded generally as the most beautiful ? 



A. Yes, sir; ninety-five miles coast line around Kaquette lake; 

 primeva.1 forest all around it nearly, all belonging to the State. 



Q. How far did you go on your walk around it ? 



A. I started to walk around that- ninety-five or ninety -six miles and 

 I got "bushed" very quickly; that was three years ago, and I don't 

 believe I would have been back yet if I had kept on; and the black' 

 flies got all of the skin off of my nose, and when I got home there 

 wasn't much of me left except legs. 



Q. Mr. Commissioner, there has been some talk about the meetingB 

 of the commission in New York city; state what the condition of 

 affairs is in regard to the rooms assigned to the commission in the 

 capitol here. 



A We have no convenience at all in our room for a meeting; before 

 the lunatic commission had the room that belonged to the civil ser- 

 vice reform, the civil service people were kind enough to let us have 

 that room for meetings, but after the lunatic commission got in they 

 had it. 



By Chairman Evan: 



Q. Were the " lunatic commission," the civil service commission and 

 the forest commission all together ? 



