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 surroundings novel and interesting. He lived, for the most part, the free out-door life congenial to him; and at Rosedale Station Mr. and Mrs. Alex. McKeahnie welcomed him to a home circle for whose members he cherished warm and lasting regard.

From this point there are extant occasional letters from Boake to his relatives and friends, which give more direct insight to his mode of life and thought. Writing from Rocklands to his father on 29th May, 1887, he says—