
          637.

We now went to the gentian place, hoping to find a little seed.
In this however we met with a little success, 3 or 4 capsules only being
found.  It was now past 12 o'clock, so we found a convenient
camp, started a fire and ate our dinner.  We were not very hungry,
but we enjoyed our cozy little camp[note at top of page: A fallen tree, the persistent leaves on many of its branches forming an effectual barrier against the wind, which was blowing quite strongly.]  so much, that we did
not make a start for home till after half past three.

On our way home we stopped at the spring, then walked along
some roads, new to us, until we finally reached Joppa Rd.
We reached T. about 5 o'clock and the city about 6 o'clock.

[274]
Dec. 21, 1901. A trip alone to Brooklyn.  The weather since Sunday
has been very cold.  Spring Gardens is frozen, and to-day a few
venturesome boys were skating on it.  I left home about 2 P.M.
and took a basket hoping to bring home a few ferns.  Ferns enough
were found, but they had not that fresh green color, I have been
accustomed to see on those in the ravine, so I did not take
any.  In a bank that had been worn away by a brook, I saw 
a little hole hollowed out (in the bank).  In it were a dozen acorns.
The opening was in such a peculiar place that I hardly think it
could have been made by an animal, but by a bird.
I went over my usual route, but found nothing among the
        