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warm and as we had not been along the River Rd. for quite
a while we decided to make the change.  When we reached R., we
walked along the railroad tracks as far as Avalon.  We were not
far from R. when we were treated to a little surprise; Clitoria
Mariana was found, fairly plentifully and with very large blossoms.
The blossoms were the largest we have ever seen.  At A. we
saw the great tearing up of the ground prepartory to the building
of the filter for the Catonville Water Co.  Here, too, we saw 
men building the abutments for the new bridge across the
Patapsco.  We crossed the stream over the temporary bridge and
walked along the River R'd towards Orange Grove.  We had not
gone far when we came to where the dam was being built, about
½ of it is already in position.  Reaching O. G. we went through B.
to visit the Cascades.  We saw Mrs. B. hard at work, she astonished
us very much when in talking about a woman she has working for
her, she said that this woman was a little old, not young like
she, Mrs. B. is no doubt more than 50 yrs. old.  At the Cascades
we cooked coffee and ate our dinner, then enjoyed ourselves in
watching the birds and in general conversation.  So rapidly did the
time pass, that it was 5 o'clock in short order. One particularly
        