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seen one brood already, which is just about on time. It is a devil of
a job to find the birds in this country at this time as they are all
back in the timber at the edge of the flood, so it is almost impossible
to form an estimate of their abundance.
There seem to be more geese than last year, and I
have never seen them so tame. We got up to within twenty yards with
the engine running before they flushed on one occasion. I have never
done anything laike this before. I also saw my first Pintails on the
St. John this spring. Flytime has started in ernest now so there wont
be much pleasure in woods-running fJor another month and a half. We have
seen two moose sofar.
Many thanks for my copies of your correspondence with
Mr. Smith. Apparently we are butting our head against a stone wall
there. I have not yet seen the quarterly you refer to but will get one
in New York. They dont send them to me regularly although I asked for
them.
That's about all of my news for now. Regards to
your family and to the boys, and the very best to yourself,
sincerely,