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He had an excellent memory, and was a very good story teller. 

 He taught us to fish, and used to take us on nutting expedi- 

 tions in the fall. 



"Talks with him may have had something to do with turning 

 my brother's thoughts to the study of animated nature. He 

 had in his small library two books — "Thompson's History of 

 Vermont" and the "Philosophy of Natural History," by Smel- 

 lie — in both of which I know my brother was interested. The 

 first contained an account of the fauna and flora of Vermont, 

 and served my brother as a sort of text-book. I have the book 

 in my possession now, and in it my brother has marked the 

 birds and other creatures which he had found about Cleveland. 

 In some cases he had indicated where the specimens were 

 found. 



"My uncle, Air. Warner, noticed my brother's taste for the 

 study of animals, and encouraged it, and gave him a copy of 

 "Wood's Natural History" as a Christmas present in 1862. 

 While still a schoolboy my brother sent to a sporting paper 

 called "Wilkes' Spirit of the Times," an interesting account of 

 the intelligent conduct of a little dog which belonged to his 

 grandfather. The account, I believe, was headed "Do Ani- 

 mals Reason," and was in the form of a letter to the paper, and 

 was either not signed or only signed with initials. Our uncle 

 discovered it in the paper, and guessed that it was written by 

 my brother, and he "owned up" on being spoken to about it. I 

 think this was his first appearance in print. 



"One of our neighbors was the geologist, Prof. J. S. New- 

 berry, afterwards of the School of Mines, Columbia College. 

 He had several sons who were companions and playmates* of 

 my brother, and I think they used to go on excursions into the 

 country and collect specimens together. Doctor Newberry 

 had, in a small building near his house, a large collection of 

 fossils and geological specimens, and a knowledge of these 

 may have stimulated my brother to make similar collections. 

 I remember that my brother during his school days read, with 

 a great deal of interest, Hugh Miller's works on Geology, and 

 the works of Doctor Buckland on the same subject, and other 

 books of a similar nature. 



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