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was a large nesting near Manistee, and we did some big 

 catching, shipped by steamer to Grand Haven, then 

 via rail. In April and May was also at Mackinac and 

 North Port and In June did some catching at Cheboy- 

 gan, and here I made our crates of split cedar and 

 floated the birds down the river six miles on two canoes 

 lashed together, and had to transfer over the dam be- 

 fore reaching the little steamer to Mackinac, twelve 

 miles, and then transferred to the Detroit boat. The 

 birds were shipped to H. T. Phillips & Co. At Che- 

 boygan I fed over one hundred bushels of corn and 

 wheat for bait. 



In 1869 the birds were in Canada, Michigan, Indi- 

 ana and Wisconsin, all at the same time, and shooters 

 broke them up. We located a body at Oakfield, Wis., 

 and had a big catch until the farmers broke them up. 

 The birds were pulling wheat badly; other feed was 

 gone. The birds nested in Michigan, up from Mt. 

 Pleasant, but too far inland to get them out. In 1870 

 the birds nested near Goderich, Can. Did not do much 

 there. We then went to Glen Haven and caught some 

 birds. Then we went to Cheboygan; sent more or less 

 live birds to H. T. Phillips & Co., of Detroit. In 

 1 871 we located a large body at Tomah, Wis., and did 

 some heavy shipping. We used three tiers of ice from 

 a large icehouse, and the express per barrel was $12 to 

 New York and Boston. We also shipped from Au- 

 gusta, Wis., express, $13.50 per barrel. A nesting at 



