
          825.

* Thermometer - highest 31° lowest 23°
**Thermometer - highest 35° lowest 32°

and to little patches of woods, very much like the one we were seeking.
Still, just as it was getting almost too dark to continue our
search we found the place and the Bitterwweet, which was as
beautiful as ever.  After collecting some of the pretty fruit we
started for home.  Looking at the sky now, we were surprised to
see that it was clearing and before long the moon shone beautifully,
the stars appeared and the evening was superb.  We went by
way of Church St. to Curtis Bay where we took the car for home
At* no time during the day, did the thermometer get above freezing point.
We arrived home about quarter past seven.

377.

December 13, 1902.  A cold wet day. (We, Mr. W. & I, met at the Catonsville terminus about 8 o'clock). Wind from the north-east
and raining almost constantly in a fine penetrating mist, the 
thermometer remaining also nearly stationary at freezing point.**
How beautifully the trees, grasses and shrubs were covered with ice!
No wonder that this appearance is called "silver thaw"!  In the fields
even the most delicate grasses were coated with the silvery covering and
what, was more remarkable, were standing erect; a slight touch
however, and the whole beautiful fabric fell, breaking, in its fall
into many pieces.  To-day we wished to visit our Persimmon
        