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of large heaps of dung on rocks jutting far out into
space, some of them almost inaccessible. From the
Observatory we went to the Cascades.  Here the fifth
picture was taken.  We now started homeward taking
the river towards Ilchester.  Close to Ilchester
the sixth picture was taken - showing the Patapsco.  We
reached the cars about 6:30 P.M. and by 7:30 we were
home.

(Dec. 3. 99).  Our falls are always beautiful, but I believe
this fall is exceptionally so.  The temperature has
been most delightful; although several times very close
to freezing early in the day, it would warm up very
nicely in the course of the day.  For the most part the
temperature has been very uniform, scarcely varying more
than 15° in the course of a day, nor even that much in
the extreme from one day to another.  So that thus far
I have done very well without an overcoat.

Last Wed. (Nov. 29) we had proposed an afternoon
trop to the ravine; we though we would take supper
        