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he felt the same way and was just about saying that he
thought he would turn back as he felt that he would not
enjoy himself,  that he felt that something was going to happen
and that he ought to turn back.  We kept on, however
but when we reached the spring near the pump-house, he
said he could stand it no longer, so I bade him good-bye
and went on alone.  My feeling of depression remained
with me till about noon when it began to leave me.

Stopped to examine the Cypripedium marked near the
2nd highland and found them safe, each with its pod
of still unripe seed.  The morning was very sultry,
with occasional light showers.  It seemed to be the weather
that delights the turtle, eight full grown specimens were
seen.  Two were found together, the one I think the female
has the pretty fan like markings on its shell, the male
having [has] ridges, which are rather rough, instead.  I found also
a little baby turtle, oh, such an ugly little thing, quite
different from <s>those</s> the grown ones seen, yet something
similar which makes me think it the young of that species.
It back resembled the rocky ground.  Although little, it
        