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cane near passing it by.  On our way homeward, and towards
Ilchester we stopped to admire a beautiful grove of Sycamores.
How beautifully these threes stand out in a forest, with their
pretty white bark. When near Ilchester, passing the little hut
near the railroad tunnel, two snarling little dogs, raised
a lot of noise and tried to attack us.  I was obliged to hit
the smaller of the two, that had less discretion than the larger
fellow, on the nose.  This rid of us at once of both dogs.
I felt ver sorry for the poor little fellow, who was only
doing what he thought was his duty.  It was now dark
and as we tramped along, the pretty glowworm was seen
quite frequently.  We reached the cars about 8:15 P.M.
and in an hours time I was home.

All during the day was the continual falling of the leaves like snow
sometime only lightly, sometimes when the wind blew,
quite rapidly.  Hickory nuts, are still to be found.

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Nov. 4. 1899.  We met at Camden Station, and took
the 7:30 A.M. train for Lansdowne.  During the past
week we have had a great deal of rain.  Last Sunday
it rained all day. Monday cloudy. Tuesday it poured down
        