Bethel, Maine.
1902.
January 5. 
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higher mountains of this immediate region.
  Dr. Gehring tells me that they are the first that he has
seen in Bethel for several years.
  I was surprised at the number of Partridge trails seen
today. They were simply everywhere along the logging road as
far as we traversed it. Evidently the birds had come out into
the open to bask in the sun for their trails followed the
sides of the road for considerable distances before turning
back into the woods. There were also innumerable tracks of
Rabbits, many of Red Squirrels and Mice, a few of Foxes.
  During most of the time that we spent at the lumber camp
the hard-wood trees on the neighboring hill side were snapping
like pistol shots. The reports averaged at least one per
minute and sometimes two or three came in quick succession
from different directions. They were fully as loud as the
reports of a 32 cal. revolver loaded with black powder. The
sun was shining rather feebly at the time, the temperature was
not far from 28 degrees, and there was practically no wind. Dr. Gehring
found a small, dark colored spider crawling feebly on
the surface of the snow.
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