
          778.

We thanked Miss P. for the information and returned to the
little store for our packages.  On the porch, seated on a
box, close to the window was a negro eating a watermelon.
What a fine picture, he would have made!  We now started
for Elvaton.  It must have been about half past ten when we
reached the path leading to W.  It crosses a very sandy field.
In one of the fields we found a beautiful purple Amaranth
most likely A. hypochondriacus.  It did not take us long
now and we were in W.  We stopped first to see the pond
at the head of the dam.  It is very picturesque.  Close to
the water Chelone glabra was growing plentifully.  Here too
grew the Summer Grape, Vitis aestivalis.  From the pond
we went to the old mill and then along the road to [Benson's.]
Just beyond the mill in the damp woodland I saw Nephrodium
cristatum & N. spinulosum by hundreds and decided
that on my way back to the station I would collect some for
my press.  We walked onward and came to a pretty brook.
How fast the water ran! and how clear it was!  Just before
the stream was a little hill. Here we said we can
make our camp.  It was already noon, so we climbed the
        