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And how pleasantly sounded the kitten - like crying of the
cat-birds!  During the afternoon we walked up to the
little inlet which we generally crossed by means of the
stones: here we found Sabbatia chloroides, Eryngium
Virginianum, Discopleura capillacea. About
7 P.M. we started for [illegible]. Before leaving we experimented
a short time, with the wonderful echo here noticed
Calling loudly across the stream the sound is reproduced
three times, but turning around and calling out
the sound could be heard but twice.  We now started
slowly for the station, we had fully three-quarters of
an hour.  Although it looked very threatening in the 
afternoon we had only a light (very light) sprinkle, now-
- again there was a light one.  On the road we stopped 
a few moments to collect a few specimens of Clitoria
Mariana.  We thinking we had an abundance of time,
walked very leisurely, but what was our surprise to
suddenly hear the shrill whistle of the approaching
train, we were still quite a distance from the station.
We, however, soon had a move on us, loaded down as
we were, we seemed to make no headway; the second
        