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at the same time securing the owner of a good crop of apples.

Before long we passed another farm-house and here we sampled 
some more water.  On our way out we met a little barefoot
boy drawing a wagon.  He did not seem to mind the hard rough
ground at all.  From the farm-yard we passed the hill of
limestone which men were breaking up in small fragments.  In the
grass a short distance away we found a freshly laid egg which
we took with us.  We now found ourselves again on the original 
trail and before long were on the hillside where the Solea grows.
At least a hundred specimes grow here.  I took a number of
them for the press.  Here, too, we observed a Sycamore which I
believe to be the largest we have ever seen.  Near the base it
is probably more than 6 ft. in diameter.  It branches only a few 
feet from the ground, which makes it appear as if there were
several trees gowing only close together.  Near the base is a large opening
sufficently large to hide an umbrella.  It was now past two
o'clock, so we hastened on to the road and onward to our little
ravine.  The hillsides were covered with Columbine, Arabis lyrata,
and Vinca minor, the three in combination giving our national
colors: red, white, and blue, each seemingly trying to outdue
        