
          817.

Our trip was a most enjoyable one, Mr. W. having brought his rubber shoes,
kept close to the stream, I took higher ground.  We passed a great
many beautiful spots where Sarracenia purpurea flourished.  It was our
intention to go up one side of the stream and down the other, but after crossing
and having started on the return trip we became very much mixed,
so much so that for a time we didn't know where we were.  We,
therefore decided to reach higher ground.  This we did and soon came
to a road.  We followed this road for a short distance towards the south
and came to another road leading towards the west.  We then followed it
till we came to a road leading north.  This took us again into deep
woods and terminated there rather abruptly; we, however kept onward
keeping as straight a path as possible and were finally rewarded by 
coming to a clearing and finally to the main road.  Several fields of
strawberries were passed in full bloom. When we came to the road
we asked at one of [the] houses where we were and learned that we were
about a mile and a half from G. we learned, too, how we should go
to get to W's.  As it was only 4 o'clock we decided to go there, but
we had not proceeded far when we found so many paths similar to those
described for us to follow that we decided to return to [the] road.  We
had gone but a short distance, still when we returned we found roads
        