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done blooming.  I looked carefully hoping to find some with
seed pods, none, however, were noticed. [begin insert note at top of page] In that wild part, where on a former occasion Mr. W. saw the fox, I noticed quite a number of plants of Triosteum angustifolium. [end insert note] Mosses seem to have
started now into fresh growth, this may, however, only be due
to the nice shower that we had on Thursday.  Mosses, were
nevertheless, quite prominent; Dicranum scoparium has already sent
up its capsule.  I walked very slowly so reached the spring
near the rairoad about noon.  Here I pressed the few plants
collected and ate my lunch.  In the afternoon I crossed the river
walked along the River R'd to Ilchester then returned along the
railroad tracks again to the ravine.  I stopped to examine the
turkey nest but it was no longer to be found.  Returning
through the ravine I stopped a short [little] while at Camp Cozy.

While there I was attracted by a gray squirrel.  It came quite
close to me and watched me.  It had something dark hanging
on its mouth but I could not make out what it was.  I kept 
very still, after watching me for a little while it ran a short 
distance up the trunk of a tree, holding itself firmly to the
tree trunk with its head downward, it barked at me a 
number of times.  Its manner during this performance was
very much like that of a young playful puppy.  Finding that I
        