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August 25, 1910. 
Mr dear Collins:- 
I have been wondering if we might not take a canoe 
trip for a few days upon your return to Providence, going up the 
Pawtuxet River as far as Pontiac or Natick, or even further up , 
and then transfer the canoe to some of the ponds and rivers 
that seemed inviting hy trundling it along on its wheels over 
land. Occasionally we might hire a conveyance for very long 
distances. We could take a small A tent with us that I have, 
and sometimes camp over night or spend the nights at farm houses . 
We could sometimes depend upon buying "a meal of vituals" 
and sometimes we could prepare our own. Perhaps such a trip 
might present some new features of interest and would he 
quite worth while for recreation and botanical research. 
When I have an idea like this I think it well to unload it and 
consequently pass the thought along to you. Of course a trip to 
Maine would be much more to my liking, but as that seems 
uhlikely in my case perhaps you could work this in as an extra. 
I have not been out collecting as much as I would have done 
this Summer if I had a companion, companionship seems to be quite 
a requisite stimulus with me although I am always on the outlook 
for specimens even when at work among the weeds in my garden. 
Two weeds were so plentiful I subjected them to an analysis and 
