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Rex staid [stayed] with us quite a while, but when we reached
Slingluff Lane <s>with</s> we ordered him to go home, which he
did with great regret.  In the field we had crossed we
gathered a few mushrooms.  We now followed the brook
along the lane.  At the head of the old ice pond grows
a tree quite new to me.  A young man standing near it
said he had been told it was mahogany.  I noticed
at once that it belonged to the Leguminacae.  Its pods
were quite large very thick, fleshy , the beans being over 
an inch long, circular in outline, and about ½ in. thick.
The leaves were large, doubly pinnate, probably 3 ft.
long.  Each leaflet was ovate, accuminate, rather oblique
at the base, the midrib dividing it unequally. I
am inclined to believe in [it] to be Gymnocladus Canadensis -
Kentucky Coffee-tree.  We now proceeded along the
stream, crossed the stream, and followed the path
up to the college.  Crossing the open grounds near the building
we obtained a beautiful view of the surrounding country.
Around and about the college grounds many students
were seated.  We now again continued our trip.  Reaching
Walbrook we took the car for home. The day was

        