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spot forty blooming plants were counted and nearby were
ten others somewhat hidden.  From the hut we went to H's
ice-house to examine H. ciliaria.  Only four of these plants were
found.  We now went through H's and to L's where we wished
to borrow the boat.  But as Mr. L. could let us have it but
for little more than an hour we decided to walk along the shore
and do the best we could without it.  Our reason for wishing to
go along the shore was to find the large patch of  Lilium superbum
which had attracted  our attention last year.  It was
found with difficulty, but this year someone had preceeded
us and had broken off the blooms.  From the immense size
of the stalk remaining we judged that the flower must
have been grand.  To-day must have been "Blackberry
Day"; -- this delicious fruit was everywhere in evidence.

The berries were quite large and of a delicious flavor and
we stopped frequently to pluck them.  On our way to the
old furnace we passed a cantelope patch.  Some of the
fruit was lying on the side already plucked.  We helped
ourselves to a number of these and found most of them very
good.  We took four with us to the spring where we put
        