One of the largest rattlesnakes found 

 recently in the Blue Hills was killed 

 Monday by Cxeorge Elcoek of West 

 Quiney. The snake measured 42 inches 

 and had 16 rattles. ^t^Oi^f^ff 



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 dancin 

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 luniins 



FIELD MEETING, WATERBURY, VT. 



The Field Meeting of igii, held at the Waterbury Inn, Waterbury, 

 Vermont, June 30 to July 10, under the leadership of George N. 

 Whipple and Arthur H. Tucker, came at a time which will be remem- 

 bered as one of intense heat all over the entire country, but, in spite 

 of this, unless all signs failed (as they are said to do in a dry time) 

 none of the thirty-four members and friends present regretted their 

 participation in the trip. 



Twenty-four left Boston in a special sleeper at 7.30 p.m. and ar- 

 rived at Waterbury one and one-half hours late, at five the next morn- 

 ing, where the car remained on a siding until the breakfast hour at 

 the Inn distant only a stone's throw from the station. 



We were pleasantly surprised during the forenoon by a call from 

 Mr. Graves, Mr. Smith, the Rev. Mr. Newell and the Rev. Mr. Boi- 

 court, representatives of the Camel's Hump Club, who came to give 

 us greeting and offer us the freedom of the mountains. 



In the afternoon seventeen enjoyed a beautiful walk under the lead- 

 ership of Charles Fisk, a local guide, engaged by Mr. Davis, proprie- 

 tor of the Inn, at his own expense, for that purpose. He took us to 

 Blush Hill where we had fine views of Mt. Mansfield in the north and 

 Camel's Hump on the west. 



Perhaps it is worthy of mention that on Sunday morning almost 

 fifty per cent, of the party attended church. In the afternoon nine 

 took a walk southward to a hillside commanding fine views. 



Monday morning at eight o'clock twenty-five started for Mt. Mans- 

 field, going to Stowe by special trolley car and driving from there by 

 team. Some drove to the summit while others walked from the base. 

 We reached the Summit House in time for dinner and and spent the 

 afternoon rambling at will over the broad ridge of the mountain, from 

 the Chin, the highest point, to the Nose, just above the hotel. The 

 air was hazy with no possibility of distant views. The evening was 

 spent on a ledge of the Nose looking toward the west. 



Tuesday we returned to Waterbury, reversing our route of the day 

 before and varying it by a visit to Smuggler's Notch at the eastern 

 foot of the mountain. Seven reached this by the bed of the outlet of 

 the Lake of the Clouds, a pleasant trip for those who enjoy a rough 

 scramble. The Notch is beautiful in itself and contains two very in- 

 teresting things, a boulder about forty feet high which fell from the 

 western^side in the Spring of 1910, and a spring under the eastern 

 bank, near the road, discharging enough water to make a very respec- 

 table river flowing out of the Notch. 



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