
          780.

We found it took us half an hour to reach Elvaton.  When we
reached M. we decided to taste some of the "best water in 
the world."  We first tried the old spring and then the new
one.  We found the "best water in the world" quite cloudy, the
water, however, had a good taste and was very cold.  The 
hillside, here, is occupied every spring by pickers. <s>A remarkable</s>
Their benches and tables are made of rough board naild [nailed] across
posts planted firmly in the ground.  At one of the tables was
a high chair (or baby's chair).  It, too, was homemade.
When we came to the stream and the pond which attracted our
attention in the morning, we decided to go down the embankment
and see the pond at closer range.  We hadn't the time
to make any thorough examination though to-day.  We found
the old dam quite broken.  Golden-rods are yet
everywhere in evidence.  S. canadensis, S. rugosa, S. bicolor,
S. pilosa, and S. peberula were most common.  We reached G.
just as it was dark.  We had nearly an hour to wait for our
train.  We arrived home about 8:15 P.M.

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September 24, 1902.  A trip from Forest Inn, North Walbrook
to Gwynn Oak Park then back to Walbrook by route along
        