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the shade, pursuing our way later down the Rocky Hol- 

 low Road northward to Blackberry Clearing, on the 

 Dummy Farm. Here we religiously searched the 

 ravines for Deaf-Man's Spring. Major, our dog, was 

 the first to discover it. We found him taking a bath in 

 the deepest pool. However, a higher basin was over- 

 flowing with fresh, clean water, from which we drank 

 excessively. The reviving effect upon our spirits was 

 immediate. Deaf- Man's Fountain is in the ravine of 

 Dry Brook, walled up like a little well. It is the only 

 water in this immediate vale, — a natural and everlasting 

 spring-head. Guide-boards should be erected at the 

 four corners of country roads, directing travellers to the 

 water-supply, the need of which is often so powerfully 

 felt by pilgrims. 



We rounded the Domelet, descended to Jepson Farm 

 in Rattlesnake Valley, and proceeded to Lloyd Spring 

 and the colony of Showy Reginae. At this point in 

 our travels, we had completed a great circle. 



