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started for Orange Grove.  Mr. W. collected Christmas Fern on the
way.  Near the entrance to our ravine was a tramp's camp that was
quite an eyesore.  Old clothing, paper, wood, tin cans etc., were lying
around everywhere.  To-day we built a fire and had a general cleaning
up.  The place now looks again quite respectable.  At O.G.
we crossed the river and went along the River R'd.  We went
along the road a short distance then climbed the steep hill and
went to our little persimmon tree.  All the fruit with the exception
of about 6 berries was off the tree.  What fruit was on the
tree <s>wh</s> was very sweet although quite dry.  We now walked
across the hills, finally reached the road leading past F's.
and to the River R'd.  We then crossed the river and walked up
to Relay station.  After a wait of about 10 minutes a train
came along.  We got into Baltimore about 6:30 P.M.
P.S. While removing some of the leaves near our spring we
uncovered a turtle.  Also while on the way to our spring we
observed an old dead tree, that had a portion of its bark and wood
gnawed off for some distance along the middle of the trunk.
Although there was so much gnawed off, there were but 
very few chips near the base of the trunk.
        