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April 2, 1904.  With Mr. F. & Mr. W. to Swan Creek.  We met in Curtis Bay
at 8.30 A.M.  The morning was beautiful and the day turned out to be
an ideal one.  We took the route across the new bridges <s>and</s> along
Hawkins Point R'd and past the haunted house.  We were attracted on
our way by the beautiful appearance of a large raspberry field.  The
sun shone on the pretty glaucous canes; and intensified the pretty
color effect.  Beyond the haunted house, we came to the path,
noticed on our trip two weeks ago; to-day, we thought we would
see where it led.  We followed it a short distance, when, seeing
a little ravine to our left, we proceeded towards it, and went
through it.  It went in the direction of the river.  This proved a most
pleasant little trip and we enjoyed it very much.  We thought the
little ravine an ideal place to camp.  It is wooded with deciduous
trees, whereas all around it are pines.  The Sweet Gum seemed to be
quite a common tree.  When we reached the shore we climbed
the hillside and went along the bluff overlooking the water,
to the creek.  We now followed the banks of the creek, keeping
a sharp look-out for Trailing Arbutus.  Swan Creek has a great
many little bays, which of course, make the shore line quite irregular,
although very pretty and picturesque.  Little ravines lead down
        