old cak, Redfi'iaged bla^kbirde eiag in, the thicket, aeadoe larks aearer 

 at kfeiicl. lou r'aintly lieai' the -AtstlB of the bobolink in the catfieid 

 and tlie call of the scisgsparrow fros the fencepoet. Ftobins aiid orioles 

 leave their t rest of a to driak from the Mt i tlo; stream at the foot of the 

 kaoll. 



LoDti years ago, Qraadfather Th.m%at feemua said there %ere 

 more robins to the acre on the home farm in Maeeaohusettg than anywhere 

 els© ic God's world. Bitt Graadfather Merri:im had neyer visitied Guaran- 

 ty CJoantry Rouse, Patterson, Putaaa County, Hew Tork, 



R. f. S. 



June 19, IQEl, 



