  Although I have never seen Lake Umbagog
in winter or early spring I am not without some
knowledge of the conditions which exist there at
these seasons. This is derived partly from what Upton
people have told me but still more largely from
personal observations made at Bethel where I
stayed at the house of my friend Dr. J. G. Gehring
from December 3, 1900 to March 9, 1901; from
February 12 to March 26, 1904; and from
January 18 to February 1, 1907. During these
visits I kept a daily record of the weather, of
the maximum and minimum readings of the
thermometer, and of everything interesting that
I noted in the woods and fields where I
spent much of my time rambling about on
snow shoes. In the village I frequently