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*On our way through his place we saw that he had enclosed a place near the branch with a fence, one side of which was of wire netting and the others sides were made equally secure with cornstalks arranged perpendicularly & held in position with wire.  We speculated on the use of this enclosure and when we met Mr. H. we asked him. (continued on opp. page.)

From Ben's we went over to Mr. H's. and after an enjoyable
chat with him we went on to the old furnace.*  On our way
we found our old spring.  We noticed that it was close to the
first pine trees off from the woods.  At the old furnace we
noticed nothing new; we then crossed the little inlet, it was
low tide and there was little trouble, and proceeded a short
distance into the woods.  To-day the branch was frozen from
shore to shore, still not strong enough to bear us.  It was soon
after 12 o'clock so we decided to eat our dinner.  All around us
was plenty of wood and in a very short time we had a nice fire.
We stayed here quite a time.  After dinner we started for Marley bridge
and Mrs. R's, poor old woman -- we had heard that her house had been
burned down.  We had not gone far, when we saw smoke, going in
that direction we saw two charcoal burners at work.  One kiln was
burning, and one was nearly completed.  We were anxious to see how it
was constructed, so climbed to the top by means of the peculiar steps
placed on the side -- a piece of wood with notches cut into it [sketch of ladder].
A kiln holds 8 cords of wood.  It is piled around in a circle, leaving 
a circular opening in the centre which extends from bottom to top.  As
he builds up layer after layer of wood, he puts on the outside first a covering
        