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and we started for Orange Grove.  On the river road
in front of Mr. B's I collected a moss in flower. It was
getting late, and as we had a desire to see our camp fire
again, thought rather than go farther to return by way of
Hilton Av. and the "Rocks".  These were not so readily found.
We, however, at length found them and then started for our
camp.  On this <s>route</s> trip through the woods we noticed a
little elliptical place laid off by driving little sticks into the ground.
The wind, which had been gaining in velocity, was <s>not</s> now
blowing with great violence, coming in squalls.  It was not
a very cold wind, and delightfully tempered the atmosphere
which had all-day been quite close.  How it moved the
giant trees and what a roaring noise it made!
We greatly enjoyed the experiences, but felt glad thus were
no leaves on the trees which would have offered much resistance
and would perhaps caused some trees to be uprooted.
When we reached the camp we found our fire <s>was</s> nothing but a
bed of hot ashes.  It now began to rain and continued
till late at night.  We went, homeward, over our new
route, reached the terminus a little before 7, and home before 8 o'clock.
        