. Bird lore . ging children and teachers to take up this work. In twoweeks we visited all the grades of the schools of Frederick, Myersville, Middle-town, Thurmount, Catoctin, Lewiston, Jefferson, Brunswick, Newmarket,Mount Carmel, New Midway, Woodsboro, Walkersville. Point of Rocks, Doub,Adamtown, Emmitsburg, and Franklinville, and closed in Frederick with anillustrated lecture at Hood College under Dr. Apple. The Frederick papersgave good accounts each day of my talks, and were most helpful. MontgomeryCounty under Superintendent Burdett was next visited. The itinerary forthe two weeks includ
. Bird lore . ging children and teachers to take up this work. In twoweeks we visited all the grades of the schools of Frederick, Myersville, Middle-town, Thurmount, Catoctin, Lewiston, Jefferson, Brunswick, Newmarket,Mount Carmel, New Midway, Woodsboro, Walkersville. Point of Rocks, Doub,Adamtown, Emmitsburg, and Franklinville, and closed in Frederick with anillustrated lecture at Hood College under Dr. Apple. The Frederick papersgave good accounts each day of my talks, and were most helpful. MontgomeryCounty under Superintendent Burdett was next visited. The itinerary forthe two weeks included the schools of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Montrose,Germantown, Middlebrook, Gaithersburg, Washington Grove, Kensington,Forest Glen, Woodside, Takoma Park, and Rockville. The work in Cumberland was especially delightful under Prof. John , and Mr. George Purdew, his assistant, was detailed to visit theschools with me. I found a great deal of bird-work being done there, but not Reports of Field Agents 431. IHI, A>>UC1ATI0N HAS FORMED 29,052 OF THESL JLMUR AUDUUOX CLASSES FOR BIRD-STUDY many teachers had taken up the Audubon work. I also visited Frostburgand gave a talk before the large State Normal School there under^ ProfessorWebb, thus coming in touch with several hundred future teachers of the also gave an illustrated lecture before the young women of the new Audubon Society extended me an invitation to lecture before had a large audience, and a most enthusiastic meeting after my talk. , Superintendent of Schools, preceded my lecture by an address, andthen introduced me, and Mr. Edward Harris, son of a personal friend ofAudubon, who is president of the local Audubon Society, made a delightfuladdress. We were invited to Mr. Harris home and had a rare treat in seeingthe diary kept by his father during his walks with Audubon in Labrador andelsewhere, and many beautiful drawings of birds and animals made by thesefamous men. I deli
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