
          766.

for years,  I met Mr. W. in the car when I boarded it at the cor.
of Charles & Fayettes Sts.  At Govanstown we saw Mr. T. but
strange to say he did not get in the car with us.  We thought it
very strange; but concluded to wait at Towson till the next car
arrived.  When it came, Mr. T. was aboard and we learned that 
the car he was aboard stopped at G. and he thought therefore
he was at T. and when he saw us, he thought our car would
go only as far as the switch and then return, just as his had
done.  When we were all together, we decided to go out the
Dulaney Valley Pike to pass through Hampton and to see Glen Ellen
and then to go along the Gunpowder to Loch Raven.  We found the
roads in fine condition, notwithstanding the heavy rain of yesterday.
There had just been enough to lay the dusts, we found 
therefore, neither dust nor mud.  The temperature was cool but
not so much so, that we felt cold.  As we passed the main
entrance to Hampton, Mr. Ridgely of H. passed through on horseback.
A short distance beyond this entrance the road divided into 3 branches
the middle branch passing between the barn & the blacksmith shop
is the one to take.  Before long we came to the limestone cliffs 
and here I got several fine specimens of Pellaea atropurpurea. Here
        