PRINCETON 83 



This man is worthy of more than passing 

 remark. He served me for nearly three years, 

 not only in Princeton, but, as will presently be 

 seen, in other fields. He was one of the most 

 unerring shots it has been my fortune to meet. 

 His knowledge of birds, especially those associated 

 with the region about Princeton, was not confined 

 to either game-birds or the commoner species — 

 the songsters to be found in every yard and gar- 

 den — but he knew at sight and had names for 

 almost all the smaller birds of the region. How- 

 ever, it was as a woodsman, as a man conversant 

 with nature whose knowledge has been acquired 

 by intimate association with it at first hand, that 

 he most impressed me. The first two or three 

 short excursions which I took with him in order 

 to find out whether he would be able to render 

 real assistance convinced me how valuable his 

 services might be made. 



Every passing movement, every note and noise, 

 the stirring of a leaf, the song of this bird, the 

 cry of that one, the language of the squirrel, the 

 stealth of the weasel, were full of meaning to him. 

 The signs that so few read, but which are a story 

 to the observant, were his books. Needless to 

 say, I found that he did not simply know how the 

 birds and animals looked and what they did, but 

 that he was conversant with their coming and 

 going, the place, time of year, and method of their 



