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deed to know that I would not be obliged to walk 

 home, laden as I was with Pitcher Plant roots and 

 various other shrubs and vines. 



Near the mill, just north of the little bay in the 

 pond, I found quantities of the Yellow Pond Lily or 

 Spatter-Dock (^Nymphcea adve?ia) just beyond my 

 reach. Securing a long willow sapling with a tender 

 end, I tied it into a loop, and stepping out into the 

 shallow edges of the pond to an old pine log, I snared 

 off several of these golden cups, which the children call 

 Cow-Lilies. I floated them in to the shore, where I 

 soon gathered them up and packed them in my vas- 

 culum. 



A glance into the water along the edges of the old 

 log revealed thousands of tiny pollywogs or tadpoles, 

 as well as half-formed frogs, the hind legs beginning 

 to put forth on the large tadpoles. Here, basking in 

 the sunshine, were lizards, snails, leeches; and various 

 species of small fish were sporting in the shallow 

 waters. Perch, suckers, and eels are plentiful in Pow- 

 nal Pond, which is locally called Perch Pond, from the 

 abundance of perch found in its waters. These fish 

 seemed to seek this sheltered arm of the pond to leave 

 their young fry under the sheltering lily-pads. 



Near the projecting stumps, amid- floating logs were 

 snails' eggs, and I noticed several baby turtles, recently 

 hatched from eggs in the sand, varying from the size 

 of nickels to that of a silver dollar. Eel-grass and 

 many marsh grasses and sedges grew or floated on the 

 water, among which the small fish could hide. 



