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weather either rain or snow.  The ground is frozen hard; it is a day
for tramping, the wind, however, is rather disagreeable, for, although not
strong, it is wet and cold.  We met at the Highlandtown car barn and
there took the car to Back River, from where we began our tramp.  We
proceeded to Back River Neck R'd and then along this road quite a distance.
We were on the lookout for Mistletoe.  Beyond the school-hour we came
to quite a lot of it but more was in reach.  Holly was plentiful,
but only a few plants were found with berries.  We were far beyond the
school-house when we decided to proceed towards the east.  It was here
that we found several Holly trees <s>packed</s> laden with berries.  We got several
nice branches.  Had we known that specimen with berries would be so
rare, we would have taken more.  The road led put Feld's
and Shaeffer's and through Porter's woods.  It was now past noon, so we
found a nice nook, built a fire, and ate our dinner.  After dinner we
continued our trip across the country in the direction of the Holly Neck R'd.
We soon reached a road, which I at first thought was it; but after
a short walk along it I concluded that I was mistaken.  It, no doubt 
was a well-kept private road.  Seeing a road leading through the woods
towards the north, we followed it and in a little while we were on the
Holly Neck R'd. We now started homeward, keeping on this road, then
        