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The conditions the past few days must have been very favorable
for them.  How active they were!  How they would pounce
down on you!  Stopt [Stopped] but for a moment and they would strike
you so suddenly around the ears, neck, and face that it seemed as if
by your stoppage you had arrested their flight.  How beautiful
the mosses looked, so fresh and green; yet stop for a moment
to examine them, and the pouncing of the mosquitos upon you
soon hurried your onward, glad to get rid of these pests at
any cost.  No place seemed free of them, wherever you went
you found the mosquito.  Under such conditions the day
was not an over enjoyable one.  Only when some new
discovery made you so far forget surrounding conditions, and
as these little discoveries <s>it</s> did come ever and anon the day
also had its pleasant feartures.  On the path Trichostema
dichotomum was found, many of the plants with pink flowers.
When near the camp on S. M. Branch I decided to pay it a 
visit, mainly to get specimens of the moss growing on the tree
near the old fire place.  While going through the branch
I heard a peculiar noise, much like soemthing going through
the air very rapidly, looking in the direction of the noise I
        