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have, instead of cooling are only followed by more sultry
state of the atmosphere, so that we hear everywhere complaints
of the "awful" heat.  I must say that it is far wiser and 
more enjoyable to find some cool shady nook in the woods
and there lounge rather than take <s>the</s> a trip like this on
such a day.  Not-with-standing, I think the greater portion of
disatisfaction [dissatisfaction] with the weather, lies in the individual.  The
weather, I always try to make a secondary consideration, and
I find the more I am able to do this by being wholly interested in
my trip, the less I notice the weather at all.  My trip to-day
was to see if Aralia spinosa, a patch of which grows close to 
Cleremont, was in flower.  To get there, I was obliged to go along
a long stretch of railroad track.  A trip of this kind is generally fruitful
- the railroad is a great disseminator - and many a 
plant, whose true home may be hundreds of rails away, will 
frequently be found growing along the railroads.  Here we are
sure to get specimens of the various cereals.  To-day, I found
Cynoglossum officinale, a plant although native here, is always
found in rich meadow land, yet here it was growing in cinders
and apparently flourishing.  I soon reached the spot where.
        