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were pickerel not your eastern pond pickerel but a fish whose 

 flesh is exceedingly sweet and delicate. The largest of the catch 

 weighed 10,51bs. My largest weighed only 6 but he was a fighter and 

 it took 15 minutes to land him, in the course cyf which he made 3 mag- 

 nificent jumps clear of the water. The largest of the other f ish 

 was a 51b. black bass. We also caught numbers of white bass, but they 

 don't count In fishing annals here though they are fine for eating. 

 They rarely weigh more than a pound, but for their weight are quite 

 gamey. 



Aside from these episodes my life this summer has been 

 entirely uneventful. The work of the summer school proved as pleasant 

 as any such work ever id, and it sufficed to supply me with several 

 luxuries which I should not have been justified in buying else. 



The family continue in about their usual health.The baby 

 is as well as he can be and a very good child. He is the pet of the 

 neighborhood just as Eddie was. Mary continues to improve though 

 slowly. She is still troubled with her eyes and the oculist who exam- 

 ined her assured her tkat it was wholly due to her anaemic condition 

 and that she would get her strength back everywhere else before her e 



eyes came baek to their normal condition. The optic nerve ,he said, 

 was as white as a sheet of paper. 



We expect to move again! Prof. Owen has just built a new 

 house near the University and we improve our condition by the move, 

 especially as regards storage room and yard room. We shall also be 

 nearer to the University and on the lake shore. 



Write me of your doings this summer. Now you can just begin 

 to make your plans to come out here next summer for I aril going to 

 have you nolens ^y^lens I This is just as good a summer resort as there 

 is on the Maine coast and the cost of railroad fare will be offset 

 by your free entertainment! With regards to Mrs. D. from us all, 



