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LOOKING AFTER NEW SPECIMENS. 
pushing, dragging, shouting, wading, struggling, 
and splashing, before we managed to get our 
slender gig -again afloat, was almost incredible. 
When again seated in the boat, we shortly after 
found oui'selves in the channel which nearly con- 
nects the lake with the waters of the bay. 
Notwithstanding all this excitement, and the 
novelty of the scene, I did not forget to look after 
new specimens. ^ Near the salt-water shore I 
observed a large blue Salvia mingliiig with the 
red flowers of Sedum Telephium and the yellow 
hawkweed ; but as we approached the fresh- 
water shore, these plants were replaced by a gay 
yellow Iris and a blue Lobelia. Alarmed at oui* 
approach a quail rose with a sudden whirr, and 
a hawk was disturbed taking his noonday meal on 
a stone, the feathers of his prey forming a circle all 
around him. Swifts were hovering in considerable 
numbers overhead, and as we neared the lake, we 
^aw ducks and gulls disporting themselves on its 
calm surface. 
The first thing we did was to pull to the other 
