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through the ravine, then to Glenartney and finally to
the frog-ponds near St. Agnes'.

We were going our usual route, and had just gotten
beyond the foot-tracks of  the villagers, when we noticed
a track, made by some leaping animal [drawing at top of page shows dots representing the distance between 2 spans of tracks].  The track
proceeded in the direction of the ravine, we, therefore,
concluded to follow it.  It soon took us to the brook,
which it crossed, and then followed a path running
almost parallel with it.  We had not gone very far 
along this path, when we noticed a small but quite
deep pond.  We were somewhat surprised to find this
pond entirely unfrozen, while all around it, the snow
was so firmly frozen that we frequently walked long 
stretches without sinking in.  Of course, we examined
the pond, containing water so clear, that we could see
the entire bottom.  Here, we found our first frog's eggs [begin insert note at top of page] Vide Mar. 31. [end insert note]
ten masses were seen in different parts of the pond.

Crawling on the bottom, coming from under some decaying
leaf only to get under another, sometimes rising to
nearly the surface were a number of interesting water insects.
        