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We had to bend almost to the bottom of the boat or lie
on our backs to get under the bridge at Marley.  When
we looked up the stream for Water-lilies, not a plant
could be seen.  We, however, went up to the place where
they grew, and down in the water 6 inches and more
below the surface we could see the leaves and frequently
the flowers wide open.  This was quite a surprise
to me.  Since the tide was so high we thought we
would be able to go up the branch quite a distance,
but we soon found that, although the water was
still over 3 feet deep, that the shrubs and various plants
growing along the backs <s>and</s> intertwining at the top
effectually barred our further progress.  We, therefore,
returned to the wider part of the stream and here we spent
the remainder of the day.  The tide being so high, the Wild
Rose, Primrose, and Irises were growing directly from the edge
of the stream all along the bank, and very pretty they looked
with their reflection in the water.  We landed several times
to gather the buds of the Wild Rose and the Magnolia.
As the tide went out the leaves and flowers of the Water-lily
        