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Mycologia 



but, on pulling the net, it broke on account of age and most of 

 the birds got away. It was late afternoon before they succeeded 

 in getting the pigeons to come around again. The net had been 

 mended and they had gone without their dinner ; but this time 

 two dozen or more birds were captured. 



Dr. Peck first went to the Cranberry marsh at Sand Lake with 

 his father, when eight or ten years old, to pick large cranberries. 



Fig. I. Sketch showing the roads leading from Averill Park to Cranberry 

 Marsh and the birthplace of Dr. Peck, i, Averill Park, 800°; 2, Sand Lake; 

 3, Sand Lake Village; 4, Big Bowman Pond, 1500°; 5, Little Bowman Pond; 

 6, Birthplace of Dr. Peck; 7, Taberton ; 8, Cranberry Marsh; 9, Larnard Hill, 

 1800°; 10, Glasshouse; 11, Glass Lake; 12, Bear's Head. 



which were then abundant. The trail for a mile or so led through 

 the dense forest. The marsh was very soft and quaking, but 

 now it is growing firm from the cutting away of the forest, which 

 causes a drying out of the soil so that less water reaches the 

 marsh. It is mostly shaded by shrubs, tamaracks, spruces, and 

 balsam firs. The large cranberry and the pitcher plant are now 

 found only along the stream flowing through the marsh and in 

 one or two wet, circular openings near the lower end. Sixty 

 years ago the foreign population of Sand Lake and Berlin nearly 

 eradicated the Sarracenia, upon learning from the Shakers that 

 the roots had a medicinal value in the treatment of smallpox. 

 About this time, also, the women and children dug goldthread 



