
          889.
* While on the branch it was offered some hard boiled egg.  This it ate with apparently much satisfaction.
** Along this road we found a lot of Pyrola also a great deal of Crataegus with exceptionally long thorns.

and finally with Mr. D's assistance it was brought down to the ground.
We now saw that it was a young bird, Mr. D. said it was a young Great
Horned Owl.  It had not as yet its horns; its legs were beautifully
covered with down.  It was now placed on a low branch.  Its outstretched
wings measured at least two feet.  Whenever anyone approached it would
raise its wings very much like one sees the turkey do, when it struts about
showing off before the hens; it would then try to use its beak.  We now
debated what should be done with it.  Mr. M. was very anxious to take
it home to take a series of photographs of it, he said he would then return
it to the woods.  I did not think favorably of the proposition.  After some
discussion it was decided not to take it away.  We now placed it is[in]
a nice position on a low branch and Mr. M. took a couple of pictures
of it.*  We now put it back on the tree on where [on which] it was found.  While
we were thus engaged we heard a great noise made by some crows, no
doubt they had discovered an owl too.  Just as were going to leave the
old bird flew past.  It was now twelve o'clock so we found a nice spot
close to a spring and here we ate our dinner.  Close to the spring grew
a lot of Calamus.  On a great many of the Gum trees we found
Mistletoe.  After dinner we went to the road and then to Holly Neck.** 
Mr. D. wished to show us an eagles nest in action.  After a long tramp
        