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to climb the fence.  The man now, to get rid of the dog, fired at him
five times with a pistol, but luckily only one shot took effect, hitting
him in the leg.  The dog did not seem to be any the worse from it.
We asked him to tell us the best way to Dorsey's Run and he told us
to go by way of Alberton.  We found young Shipley very talkative,
altogether he made a very favorable impression upon us.  In front
of Shipley's is a path leading to Mr. [Strecker's], on this path some
distance from the road stood a wagon,  which we were told had
been drawn there by some boys the night before (Halloween).
After trying few apples which grew near the home we started
for Alberton only a short distance away.  Just a short distance from 
the village, as the road again descends into the valley the scenery
becomes very pretty.  Instead of going directly to Alberton & then crossing
the large bridges we crossed the little branch which the road follows
a short distance & took a path along the bank of the river.  This
path too is beautiful.  On the rocks to the left <s>of the</s> we found in
several places large patches of Walking-leaf fern.  When we came
to the railroad tracks we went along them to the station at Dorsey's
Run.  Mr. W. soon found the spot where the Cypripediums were
growing, but although we searched carefully we did not find any
        