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we were expected for the night. Here we met two travelers going 

 our way, and we all enjoyed a warm, wholesome supper, made 

 merry by the chatter of the events of the day. We were as one 

 family as, after our meal, we listened contentedly while one of 

 our group read aloud from a volume of poems written by a nature 

 lover, whose lines appealed to the girls, for they often mentioned 

 their enjoyment of the pleasant hour. 



Off before daybreak the next morning, we reached the summit 

 of Mt. Washington in time for the sunrise, which preceded a fair 

 day, so that our view of the surrounding country fulfilled our 

 expectations. 



Together with our friends of the previous evening, we now left 

 Mt. Washington, passed Mt. Clay, and reached Mt. Jefferson 

 just at noon. Here we held our simple Sunday service, which in- 

 spired us with a greater appreciation and love of God's great out- 

 of-doors. 



Our party ate the noon day meal beside a spring and here parted 

 from our two friends so quickly made. While the more ambitious 

 of our number climbed Mt. Adams, those of us who remained be- 

 hind, rested until their return, when we all made our way back to 

 the hut. 



The shadows were creeping up the ravines when we again reached 

 our shelter. Here we found some new and interesting friends, 

 three naturalists one of whom was a great lover of birds and who 

 is quoted by Frank F. Chapman in his "Handbook of Birds." 

 These men told us interesting incidents of their trip and, among 

 other specimens collected, showed us a piece of black spruce taken 

 from a tree which had grown only a few inches in height and whose 

 rings proved it to be fifty years old. 



On the third day we started home by way of the Southern Peaks 

 of the Presidential Range and in the late afternoon reached 

 Crawford Notch where with hearts filled with pleasant memories, 

 we took a train for Camp. 



