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learned that the stakes were to be used to raise the Dewberry
from the ground, thus preventing them from being covered with sand.
At R's., we took the path leading to the old church and then entered
the little ravine where last year we found Arbutus so plentifully.
Before searching for these sweet blossoms, though, we found a pretty nook
to eat our lunch.  A fire was made, coffee prepared and the oysters
warmed.  We were both hungry and enjoyed our dinner very much.  After
dinner we searched the hillside for Arbutus and enough of the blossoms
were gotten.  We observed that patches with unusually large leaves were
generally barren.  If, by chance a blossom was found,  it was insignificant.
In those patches where the flowers were abundant, the leaves were
small.  One patch where the flowers were unusually abundant
had the leaves unusually small.  <s>One of these latter patches</s> At this
patch I collected a nice bouquet.  I had collected flowers until I was
tired, but the patch still seemed to have just as many flowers as 
at the beginning.  I told Mr. W. about the patch and he was anxious
to see it.  I found it again and he got a nice bouquet from 
it but when we left it there were still many blossoms left.[note at top of page: Honey bees were observed busily collecting the sweets of these blossoms
on several occasions.]
We marked the patch so that we may visit it again next year.
We had collected <s>has</s> as many flowers as we wanted, so we went
        