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a perfectly cloudless sky and the moon about on the 
meridian.

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July 11. 1900.  To Loch Raven.  On Sunday we had a 
delightful change in the weather, it came late in the evening.
Monday it was quite cool; Tuesday, it was much
warmer, but still very agreeable; to-day it is again warm.

I left home about 7 A.M. reached Towson at 8.15 A.M.
When quite near to Loch Raven I was met by Mr. Baker
of "3-mile Hill" between Balto. & Towson on York R'd.  He
is a very stout man and took up most of the seat in his
narrow wagon, but he asked me to jump in.  There was nothing
much along the road so I jumped in.  I told him I
was collecting plants, so he told me he knew a lady who
goes around with a stachel and collects "stones".  He had
met her once with her satchel and when he saw the different
stones that she had he told her to call some time to see him
and see the different stones he had.  He had collected different
kinds of pebbles and one time while in the river (James River)
close to shore he had found a stone about 6 in. long, shaped
exactly like a baby.  He had showed this stone to his family

        