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cation, from the beckoning of wild flowers and 

 fruit, the temptation of a mountain trout brook 

 and the mandate of opening chestnut burrs to 

 the fall of a meteorite, the search for which oc- 

 cupied a full day. I carried the bag for speci- 

 mens on our geological outings and I am sure 

 our collection made up in avoirdupois whatever 

 it may have lacked in rarity. 



I recall the humorous smile of our chief as 

 after having struggled a few steps with a boul- 

 der she laid it on the bag that I was to tote, with 

 the remark, "There, thank heaven that's home!" 

 For once the joke was on her. A friend who 

 knew of her interest in the subject sent her a 

 geological specimen which was beautiful but not 

 rare, with the comment: 



"If it were not like offering you a cobble stone 

 or a brick I would ask you to add this to your 

 collection." 



On the following day she came home from her 

 usual morning walk down to the little village, in 

 much excitement, exclaiming, "Just look at this 

 specimen that Dr. Severance gave me, and 



