
          457.

*Attacus Promethius - nicely enclosed in a leaf the petiole of which was
fastened firmly to the twig by a mass of webs leading from
the cocoon.

the stream.  On our way down we secured several pictures
2 of our hut, 2 of the brook near the hut showing a large rock, one of a
hillside looking up the ravine, one of the ravine where the hill seems
to join and hem in the brook, and then one from this same point
looking up the brook.  On our way back we found several cocoons* which
we took with us.  On a tree near Camp Cozy a nice moss was secured and on a rock
near our camp fire a nice specimen of Porella platyphylla.  Before leaving
our fire on this trip we had arranged it nicely, hoping to find it
in good condition on our return.  We were therefore surprised to find
it almost completely burned out. <s>on</s> After a few moments rest we
started homeward returning over the same route we took in the morning.

The day was most beautiful.  In the morning it was a little windy
but in the afternoon it was almost calm, at any rate it felt so in
the ravine; we remarked several times on the balmy air; it felt so
delightfully pleasant.  We reached the terminus about 6 P.M.

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Feb. 2. 1901.  A trip had been proposed to Glenburnie, but Mr. W.
called early to let me know that he could not go.  I, therefore, took
a trip, alone, to Brooklyn and vicinity in search for Symplocarpus.
On last Wednesday we had quite a heavy snow, following 
so soon after the preceeding snow, and then followed by cold weather,
        