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Somewhere near us, was also a woodpecker, we could hear
him rapping on the trunks of the trees.  While listening to 
the birds I was sticking the end of my umbrella into
the decayed wood and soon succeeded in breaking out
quite a large piece.  What was our surprise to find hidden
here a pretty striped lizard (I think called the striped Triton)
We caught it very easily and examined it with much pleasure.
It was a most beautiful little creature, about 9 inches
long.  It was of a light color on the lower side, upper side
darker with five pretty light stripes; the middle one
dividing, making two stripes across the head.  It had
very pretty black eyes, and behind them there were the two
openings, which no doubt were the ears.  Its entire body
was very glossy.  After examining the little creature and
putting it back in its little burrow we started to walk
through the ravine and found that it led to Marley Bridge.
A few sprays of Arbutus were found, fully a week
will elapse before it will be in full bloom.  At M. we
stopped at the spring and ate a little lunch.  Here
we were amused at the behavior of two roosters that 
had come close to us for bits of food which we
        