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looked brown and barren, on our way to the summit.  One place only
did we find where this was not the case and that a short distance
from where we found the path leading up the hillside.  Here we
found Dicentra Callina in a number of very large patches.  What surprised
us most was to see it growing in the bright sunshine, covering 
rocks with its pretty green its only accompanying plant being
Polypodum vulgare.   In the moister places on the hillside we
found Bloodroot, Hepatica, and Dentaria accompanying the Dicentra.
Here, too, I found the pretty Cystopteris fragilis.  Later I found
it also, in other moist spots near the base of the hill.  This is
the first time that I have found this fern.  Under the rock on
which grew the Dicentra and Polypodium, we found <s>our</s> on a
shelving projection, protecting by the overhanging rock <s>from</s> again the sunshine
and the rain, a pretty <s>bids</s> bird's nest.  It was made of
leaf-mould & twigs and nicely lined with horse hair.
It was one o'clock when we reached the summit. The view from
these high rocks is grand, and we sat down and enjoyed it for
quite a little while.  The rocks are granite, covered almost completely
with several kinds of lichen.  Here, like at Sugar Loaf
mountain we saw in many places, whitish linen like incrustations
        