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hillside and took <s>the</s> a car for home.
For an hour or so during the morning it was partly cloudy
but it soon cleared and remained so the rest of the day.
Our weather bureau had predicted increasing cloudiness and
rain, but this failed to materialize.

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March 27, 1902.  Holy Thursday.  A trip from Relay to Stony Run
with Mr. W.  We met at Camden Station and took the 7/.20 A.M.
train.  According to the weather-man, we were to have a cloudy day and
rain, we however, had a clear day, not even partly cloudy.
We arrived at R. in about 15 minutes.  We then crossed the viaduct and
continued along the tracks to the River Rd., which we now followed
to Elkridge.  The general appearance of the village from this
road is anything but pleasing.  Here and there were large heaps of
refuse, and the fences and out-houses were in a general delapidated
condition.  The fronts of these houses were on the main
street of the village - the Washington turnpike.  Not having any
clear idea how we should go, we walked along this road.  We soon
reached the bridge which crosses the Patapsco.  From here we could
see fully 15 ft. from the ground the high water marks on the trees
one huge piece of wood about 12 ft. long 1 ft wide & 1 ft thick was
        