March  7  1910. 
Dear  MR.  Dean; 
Your  last  letter,  containing  the  pictures 
of  yourself  and  the  humming  bird  and  also  the 
Museum,  were  most  cordialy  welcome. 
We  have  a  Honeysuckle  bush  near  our 
veranda  and  I  have  often  had  the  humming  birds 
come  within  a  foot  of  me,  so  near  that  I  could 
easily  feel  the  wind  from  their  wings.  But  I 
never  tried  them  on  sweetened  water  and  I  think 
you  must  have  a  very  steady  hand.  They  dart 
out  of  sight  so  instantly,  at  the  slightest 
movement. 
You  must  have  a  wnoderful  view  from  your 
piazza.  The  outline  of  that  mountain  opposite, 
seems  to  speak  of  great,  things  in  the  neighborhood. 
