LANCASTER  &  FOOED 
ATTOENEYS  AT  LAW 
JTOBGST  H.LANCASTER 
WJIAIAM  >1.  FOOED 
Litchfield,  Conn.  Sept.  30,  1921 
Mr.  Walter  Deane, 
£9  Brewster  St., 
C arab ridge,  Mas s  . 
Lear  Mr.  Deane, 
Your  letter  of  January  8th  has  "been  lying  upon  my  desk 
c  long  time  waiting  for  a  suitable  opportunity  to  write  you  a 
letter.  l(y  conscience  reproaches  me  for  my  dilatoriness  but  I 
assure  you  that  its  constant  presence  on  my  desk  Las  'ept  you  almost 
daily  in  ray  thoughts. 
I  am  very  glad  that  you  have  been  able  to  fondly  acquire 
29  Drewster  Street/  and  it  is  most  unfortunate  that  the  Trustees  of 
Mr.  Brewster’s  estate  should  have  acted  or.  they  did.  Mr,  Brewster 
'would  have  been  very  much  displeased  if  he  could  have  known  of  t  e ir 
actions.  However,  that  is  one  of  the  unfortunate  features  of  having 
to  leave  property  in  this  world  for  someone  else  to  dispose  of. 
We  are  all  well  and  flourishing  here  and  my  youngsters  are 
rapidly  growing  up.  They  are  getting  so  that  they  accompany  me  on 
little  fishing  trips  here  in  Litchfield,  and  I  hope  that  in  time  they 
will  acquire  as  much  love  for  it  as  I  have. 
During  the  letter  part  of  the  Spring  and  most  of  the 
Summer  I  had  some  kind  of  a  bug  which  the  doctors  called  the  Summer 
"flu".  It  took  most  all  of  my  energy  away  and  produced  a  most  un¬ 
satisfactory  condition.  The  middle  of  August  however,  I  was  able  to 
get  away  and.  went  up  to  Maine  for  two  weeks.  Evidently  the  doctors 
treatment  put  me  in  shape  as  I  was  able  to  take  up  the  strenuous 
work  of  paddling  fifteen  miles  up  the  Penobscott  River  the  first  dry, 
and  it  seemed  as  if  my  ellness  fell  aw ay  from  me  like  the  worn  out 
skin  of  a  toad.  We  passed  Mr.  Katahdin  on  the  way  up  and  marvelled 
at*  its  tremendous  proportions.  We  had  delightful  weather  all  of  the 
time  and  the  fishing  was  all  that  coa  Id  be  desired. 
One  of  the  most  interesting  features 'of  the  trip  was  find¬ 
ing  out  that  the  beavers  have  returned  to  Maine  in  great  numbers 
under  the  protective  lav/.  Wre  were  most  of  the.  time  in  the  region 
known  as  Sourcnahunk  Lake  which  is  about  fifteen  or  twenty  miles  North 
of  the  West  branch  of  the  Penobscott.  In  this  section  practically 
every  little  brook  has  one  or  more  beaver  dams,  and.  there  is  ample 
evidence  that  there  are  many  of  these  animals  there.  They  are  not 
welcomed  back  by  either  the  lumberman  or  the  guides  although  the 
latter  take  more  of  the  naturalist’s  interest  in  them.  The  chief 
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floods  many  of  the  timber  roads  and  supplies  new  ponds  for  the  larger 
game,  such  me  deer,  to  find  water.  This  keeps  the  deer  away  from  the 
larger  lakes  where  they  are  more  easily  hunted  and  also  to  some 
extent  deprives  spertmen  anc  others  the  pleasure  of  seeing  them 
during  the  closed,  season.  I  took  a  number  of  photographs  of  which  the 
