Bird Islands Down East Helen and Allan Cruikshank. MacMillan 1949. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Signed By Author & Phototographer. In this unique copy the photographer also wrote, "DUM VIVIMUS VIVAMUS' beneath his signature (a Latin phrase that means "While we live, let us live," often taken to be an Epicurean declaration.This Latin phrase was the motto of Philip Doddridge's coat of arms.)