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him our way, only to learn that we were on the wrong path. <s>W</s>
Thinking that we could soon get on the right one by cutting through
the woods we determined to try, but in this we were disappointed.
Many paths were passed but none of them <s>was the one</s> seemed to be right <s>one</s>.
As it was a pleasure walking along them, we felt no regrets.  Before
long we got into a ravine.  It was very rugged, far more so tha<s>t</s>n our
ravine.  We walked along its slope for a little while, when we
determined to go to the bottom and see its stream and learn whether we
were going up or down.  We were quite surprised to find that we were
close to the Patapsco & that we were beyond O.  We now decided to
go to the top and pick our way <s>that along</s> there.  We did this successfully
& before long reached the pump-house.  Soon after reaching the 
summit, we had a light shower, very light, and these we had till we 
reached the river.  The water to-day was rather high and we found
that it was impossible to cross <s>the river</s> it, but fortunately a fisherman
was close at hand, he kindly let us have the use of his skiff
and we crossed safely.  After crossing we went up the river and
before long reached our little camp of last year.  To-day, again we intended to camp here.  Putting our umbrellas, vacculum, plant-press etc in a safe
place, we went on a little exploring expedition.  Before long a patch
        