
          887.

walked the short distance from Back River to the road leading along
<s>Deep Creek</s> the run.  Our friend Davis had brought an old suit and an old pair
of shoes with him; these he donned as soon as we entered the woods.
He now felt that he must get all the use out of them possible,
otherwise why should he have brought them.  How handy the suit came
in, in climbing trees!  But his greatest pleasure was crossing streams
and marshy places.  He lived up truly to that theorum <s>of</s> in geometry
"A straight line is the shortest distance between two points".

This entire region is rather flat and poorly drained, and crossed by
a great many streams, Mr. D. therefore, had all the fun he wanted.
It did one good to see how he enjoyed splashing through the
streams.  Mr. M. too, liked this splashing through the water, but he
was<s>nowhe</s> not as adept at it as Mr. D.  It was Mr. W. and I,
that did the most walking this day, we have not yet learned the
great value of hypothenuses. [hypotenuses] We enjoyed our tramp down along the run.
A great many nests were seen and a number of trees were climbed.  Only
one nest was found though that was occupied and that by a gray squirrel.
Arbutus was found everywhere and the Amelanchier was in all its
glory.  How it decorated the woods!  But for the time of the year
and the delicate appearance of the masses of flowers even noticed from
        