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specimens of Beech, Walnut, Elm, and Osage Orange.  On account
of the cold I did not stop long anywhere, so although it was already
half past nine, when I left home in the morning, it was 
only 5 o'clock when I returned in the afternoon.

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Jan. 11, 1902.  I left home about half past nine o'clock, for a
trip to Curtis Bay and vicinity.  My trip was taken mainly
to learn something about the country beyond the new
bridges -- one across Cabin Br.  and the other across Marley Br.
I took the same road that I took on a former occasion, when
I went to Marley, but to-day when I reached the schoolhouse,
I took the road leading to Hawkins Point Fort.
This road passes along side of a dense pine woods.  Although
fairly straight at first, it soon becomes winding.  The fort
<s>was</s> is about a mile and a half from the school-house.  Before
reaching the fort I came to a high bluff overlooking the river.  The
view from this is fine -- towards the north is the Quarantine
and the Mart & Ball Light and to the south is the fort.
The river is filled with ice.  The weather which had been
quite mild when I started out, had gradually become colder
with the change of wind and the clouds, which had entirely covered
        