2 ToH/E A°U D°U;B OWN “BOO Lake eres 
There was always yet something more to be done upon any project he 
had in hand. It was so at the time of the revision of his “Check List of the 
Birds of Illinois.” He wanted nothing omitted that should have a place 
there. When, grievously incapacitated and confined to the Wheaton Nurs- 
ing Home, he spoke of returning to his normal sphere of activities (which 
in his belief was to be quite soon) it was always to name some improvement 
upon the sanctuary or some disposition of records, or specimens or papers. 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTO 
Benjamin True Gault 
Nov. 2, 1858—March 20, 1942 
Those of you who have heard him speak upon his adventures on the 
wild islands of Ireland’s west coast and have seen the pictures he made 
there may believe, perhaps, that during his sojourn he was infected with 
the Irish genius for wit. But I seem to recall that, in spite of his Colonial 
New England ancestry, he claimed a drop or two of the blood of the Gael. 
At any rate I have found him often droll and capable of unexpected 
witticisms. 
