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and began swimming in the race.  They would run up the
race-path, jump into the water then swim or float down
with the current.  How pretty the boys looked as they
ran up the path, not encumbered with clothing, their
various muscles so symmetrically developed!  We watched
them quite a while, but at last decided to go.  We had
proceeded but a short distance when seeing a spring on the
opposite side we decided to return across the temporary
bridge and take our dinner near it in the woods.
The water proved to be excellent.  Finding a pretty
nook we built a fire, prepared coffee and ate our
dinner.  We were sitting near a beech tree, when, happening
to look up I saw attached to one of its <s>lit</s> smaller
branches (those little side branches that are so plentiful
on many of the beeches) a tiny paper nest - we took it
to be the beginning of a hornet's nest.  Once before we
found a similar nest in our ravine, which when touched roused
quite a large insect, that came out buzzing quite angrily. It 
moved so rapidly, however, that we could not tell what it
was.  To-day, too, I saw the insect fly into its home
        