
          523.

stopped a short while to clean it out.  We removed nearly 
all of the decaying foliage that had sunk to the bottom.  A
beautiful apple-tree was passed which was one mass of blossoms.
It perfumed the place round about most delightfully.  We soon
reached the old furnace and here we stopped to eat dinner.

Just before reaching our camp we saw a black snake, stretched
out over some bramble, sunning itself.  It was fully 4 ft. long.
We watched it for some time but on our closer approach, it glided
off and swiftly descended the hillside.  While at the old furnace
we learned from some workmen, who were making a long raft of
logs, the pines cut down during the past winter around G., ready for
shipment to New York, that there were 2 large snakes near the 
spring.  Going to the spring we saw one of them, <s>at that</s> really only a
portion of one, but from what little we saw, we judged it must
have been immense.  Its body was at least four times as thick as
that of the black snake.  It, too, seemed to be very afraid, and
hid itself <s>at</s> among the rocks.  After dinner and after pressing
what plants I had collected, we crossed the little inlet and
started for Marley.  To-day, we took an entirely new route, keeping
more in the woods.  We passed, on our way, the head of
        