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noticed.  Whether this was peculiar to the tree, or due to the
fungus growth, I failed to learn.  While taking <s>a</s> one piece
of bark, a large portion of the wood was removed at
the same time.  Under this large slab were a large lot
of hickory nuts; all gnawed into and the kernels removed.  I noticed
that all were gnawed at the same end -- that end which 
is attached to the outer covering, and through which the
ducts that nourish the nut enter, and not the end through
which the radicle comes.  The reason for this is probably
that the <s>nutt</s> kernel widens, and takes up more space
from the end they open -- a small opening therefore enabling
them to get out all of the kernel.  It may, however, be also
that this end is softer(?).  At 12 o'clock we ate dinner.
After dinner we took a trip to the Observatory.  When we
returned we got more bark, and with it lined the <s>in</s> side
of our house facing the east on the <s>eastern</s> inside.  We noticed our little
squirrel once during the forenoon.  The peanuts had not
been touched.  Before noon it had become cloudy and
remained so the rest of the day.  We left our camp about
6 p.m.  On Frederick Av. when quite near the terminus we
        