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the hut when a pretty bird attracted my attention, it was
white on the underside, black on top and brownish on
the sides and had 2 white tail-feathers - reading Burrough's
description I think the bird to be the cheewink.
Early in the morning, too, while on the river road we
saw a pretty cardinal and heard him call.

Near the branch we built a fire and ate our dinner.
After dinner we proceeded to the pond, here we found
Cassandra calyculata in full bloom.  Arbutus was found
everywhere, so much of it was seen that Arbutus-day
would be an appropriate name for the day, however, in
the morning Dicentra - or Lindera day would have been
the proper name.  Vaccinium corymbosum was also
found although only beginning to open.  Myrica asplenifolium
[aspleniifolia] was found fully open.  Near the pond we found a
pretty little turtle (different from our spotted backs) which
had had its head and one of its front legs torn off.  From 
the pond we went to the ditches on the other side of the
road; here Orontium aquaticum was found in great 
profusion.  In the water were quite a number of peculiar
        