
          835.

It bounded away and hid itself in the brush.  Not long afterwards
we heard the yelping of a dog <s>which</s> and soon afterwards he made
his appearance.  He was after the rabbit.  Mr. W. very soon drove
him back.  After dinner we experimented with our fire and learned
that the best fire is made when all the logs are placed in
the same direction, the fire then blazes out, from between the logs.
Towards five o'clock, we put out <s>this</s> the fire and started for home.
The beautiful glow in the west just after sunset was admired for
some time.  We had seen the moon for some time but now it became
brighter and brighter and by the time we reached G.B. it was brilliant
only the larger and more brilliant of the stars were visible.  The scenes
were again as pretty as those of the morning but different.  We <s>were</s>
<s>thinking</s> thought too, how beautiful this would be too, were the trees
all encased in ice as they were several weeks before.  The railroad
was illuminated beautifully and there was no need of fearing that
one might fall.  It was nearly half past six o'clock when we reached
Owings Mills.  We had thought about walking to Pikesville and there
take the car for home, but as it was already so late we decided to
take the car at the station.  This we did.  It took exactly an hour and a
half to get home.
        