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We haven’t tried to indicate the exact vowel sounds. We’re not sure 
that our printer carries all the type faces of diacritical marks necessary 
for this. But the average reader will get from our screed a good idea of 
the correct sound of the words without poring over the dictionary as we 
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WE HAVE received two letters from one of the earliest members of our 
Society, Miss Ella Barrett Warren, of Hinsdale, who has been a resident of 
that city for 76 of her 85 years. Miss Warren has traveled extensively, 
including two trips around the world, and, as the following quotations indi- 
cate, has always been interested in the various forms of wildlife. 
“My 26th crossing of the Atlantic and first in a freighter was a novel 
experience, and somewhat unusual as I was the only woman on board for a 
trip of 33 days and over 8,000 miles of ocean travel. I had one of the times 
of my life. The interesting crew were young men of 14 different nationali- 
ties who were saving their money for higher school advantages. I passed 
their dining room one day and saw a long table with a clean tablecloth and 
piles of food ready between meals when the boys were hungry. 
“The life in sea and air was most abundant. Schools of porpoises were 
moving southward. Flying fishes were plentiful and traveled in large 
numbers. They symbolize joy in perpetual motion as they fly from wave to 
wave and look like balls of silver in transit. Sperm whales in groups and 
singly were seen daily. 
“The stormy petrel followed us for days. The “bosen-bird” took pas- 
sage and slept one night on the mast, lovely in pure white with a flush of 
pink on the breast. The “whale-bird” came in small numbers for the mother 
bird lays but one egg each year. The wandering albatross from the southern 
islands was a great treat. These magnificent giants of the air, measuring 
ten feet from tip to tip of outspread wings, drop gracefully into the water. 
“When I reached South Africa I found that few of the inhabitants had 
ever seen an American, and invitations galore came to visit them. But my 
baggage went to a hotel and I went too, which is my way to travel—be 
independent. I accepted many invitations for dinners, luncheons, or for an 
auto trip. 
“How I wish some of the fine young men so interested in birdlife could 
take that South African trip. I spent days in libraries taking notes and 
was allowed to go below and help myself to books. I found one written by 
an Englishman upon the birdlife of South Africa, and the names of them. 
When I got there I did not find any birds with the Englishman’s names. 
But the museums were wonderfully interesting, often showing nests of birds 
in their favorite trees, as well as wild animals. I got a lot of information 
from conductors on trains, and before sunrise one day I saw a lion, not the 
kind with long hair. 
“T spent five months in South Africa and found over 200 kinds of 
birds. Its wild flowers and birdlife make a vacation there wonderful.” 
