Dry as the chips had become, we could still see what looked like tiny bubbles and pits in the wood.
"Bird's-eye, isn't it ?" the old Squire said, taking up a chip in his fingers.

"Bird's-eye maple.

Was there more than one tree of this ?" "More than forty, sir, that I saw myself, and I've no doubt there are others," Addison replied.
"Ah!" the old Squire exclaimed, with a look of understanding kindling in his face.

"I see! I see!" During our three or four winters at the old Squire's we boys had naturally picked up considerable knowledge about lumber and lumber values.
"Yes," Addison said.

"That's why I planned to get hold of that wood-lot.
I wrote to Jones & Adams to see what they would give for clear, kiln-dried bird's-eye maple lumber, for furniture and room finish, and in this letter they offer $90 per thousand.