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the dock, which will be 30 ft., still engag<s>ing</s>es their attention.
While there I saw <s>them</s> men working down a bank with a stream
of water forced out under great pressure.  The stream was directed
against the bank, which becomes undermined, and then washed away.  The
work was done very rapidly and in a short time a large bank of
dirt was thus washed out.  Leaving the pier I again
followed the shore and very soon I had so many flowers as
to keep me very busy.  Close to the water I found Lythrum
lineare, Pluchea camphorata, Sabbatia <s>Elliottii</s> stellaris, Anagallis
arvensis, Cyperus Nuttallis[Nuttallii].  A short distance from the water, where
it was dryer, Cassia chamaecrista, Eupatorium album and Strophostyles
angulosa.  I soon had my press packed.  While
putting my plants into press I was frequently passed by the
men carrying water to the workmen on the pier.  It is said
that the railroad company spends $18 each day to these men.
Each man earns $1.50 a day.  Following the shore I frequently
passed Panicum amarum, Spartina polystachya, S. juncea,
S. stricta and close up to the little cove, I found Scirpus
maritimus and Distichlis maritima.  From the inlet I walked up
to the spring where I ate lunch.  Near the spring I collected
        