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Horace TV. S. Cleveland, the landscape artist, and here con- 

 spicuously located stands his beautiful residence command- 

 ing an extensive landscape on every side. Near by are like- 

 wise the farms of Messrs. Charles Lawrence, Stephen Driver^ 

 and William A. Lander, all possessing their own intrinsic 

 beauty. Many of the party preferred to pass the most of 

 their time in visiting these several places and renewing for- 

 mer acquaintances, or enjoying the rich and varied scenery. 



Having in view certain objects to be obtained by a more 

 extended ramble, with two or three scientific friends we took 

 the early train of cars and stopped at the Middleton station. 

 Our first intention was to visit the waters and banks of the 

 large pond just bej^ond the village, but on arriving there we 

 concluded to follow the devious meandering of a small brook 

 which flows from the pond and to see what such a region 

 might afford. The country was unusually beautiful from 

 a freshness and verdure imparted to it by the late copious 

 rains, reminding one of vernal newness than of the closing- 

 summer time, when usually the dried herbage tells of drought 

 an d heat. Through the manner in which we walked, loitered 

 and looked about us, the long forenoon was spent before we 

 reached Ipswich river, into which the brook pours its tribu- 

 tary waters. But in these saunterings, many things of in- 

 terest were met with ; the habits of many species of frogs and 

 ilie capture of some in their junior and adult state ; of these 

 the Ranafontinalis und the R. palustris were found to be 

 most abundant ; two species of Bream were captured by the 

 angler, among other fishes taken ; several insects both 

 aquatic and terrestrial were noticed ; the under surfaces of 

 the broad leaves of the yellow water-lily were scrutinized 

 carefully for the molluscs ; they affording Planorbis, Lym- 

 ncea, &c., &c. Occasionally was seen a spike of purple 

 fringed orchis, or the rich cardinal flower, and many choice 

 blossoms could be had for the gathering. As we at length 

 struck from the meadows for the bed of the railroad track 

 other forms presented themselves, and the little plants which 



