
          895.

So we found a pretty nook close to a little stream and
here we ate our dinner.  Along the river at this point were
many fine Hemlocks.  The lower branches of many of them had
been hacked off for some distance up the trunk and the 
poor trees presented a very pitiful appearance.  After dinner
we crossed the bridge and after making inquiry at the mill
<s>again</s> recrossed the bridge and started southward along the road.
After a short walk we came to the river again.  This part of 
our trip reminded us very much of the River R'd.  We had
not gone very far when we came to a fine spring.  The water was
so cold, we enjoyed it very much.  Not far from the spring we
came to our first patch of Dicentra.  All along this part of our
trip we found large patches of Mertensia.  We would have liked it
very much if the road had continued along the stream but before
long it left the stream and went up the hillside.  We, therefore, 
thought it best to leave the road.  Just as we left the road we
came to our first patch of Dicentra; Dicentra, Dentaria and
Cystopteris fragilis lined the hillside.  We now came to some large
fields bordering the stream; flowers became fewer, but still here
and there were nice patches of Mertensia.  We would now, very much
        