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1st. I think it was Aug., 1893 that the particular of- 
fence that I mentioned to you occurred, but I understood that 
it had been a practise with this party for a nmber of years, 
to come to the Island in Axig, and Sept, to get the Chickens, 
2nd. I have one 1895 specimen taken on Sept, 3th wi th egg . 
3rd. It was in 1896 that my man failed to get a specimen. 
The following is to be strictly confidential for the pre- 
sent at least. Some five days after seeing you I met ivIr.E.H. 
Porbush. Hoyle saw Ivir .Brewster on Dec. 30, 1897^. He said 
he had been on the Island for a few days this fall and among 
other things he made inquiries about the Heath Hen, among the 
gimners. He did not hear of euiy being shot in the last two 
or three years but said he talked with one man who thought he 
had seen one this year, I immediately ^^rrote to my man and 
asked him to send me a full report. He is not much given to 
letter writing and I had not heard from him this season. 
In answer he wrote me that he had been following the 
matter up very closely throiigh the summer and fall, and in 
the latter part of Jime and July he located 2 broods of 
chicks, much to his surprise. He followed them up and saw 
th&n every few days. Knowing their scarcity he realiaied their 
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