
          1037.

* Camp Winchester

What is the cause?  Our first kettle of water, when almost boiling
accidentally rolled down the hillside and necessitated our doing
this work over again.  It was six minutes of three when we started
on our return to R.B.  Just north of W. is a nice little camp,* built
of railroad ties.  In the camp ties serve as seats.  The little
shelter is about 5 ft. high, open to the south, the roof slopes to
the north and covers a space about 6 ft. square.  The roof, built of
tin placed side by side, is covered with about a foot of soil, now
grown over with plants.  The north side is completely covered, the east side
to a height of about 2 ft.  The west side was covered likewise but 
had fallen over.  We had examined this little camp in the morning
so paid only a short visit to it on our return.  A plant that attracted
our attention to-day almost everywhere was Celastrus scandens.

We were already beyond Arnold station, when seeing some of this plant a
short distance away, on the county road, we went to it.  The road
seemed to be nicer to walk on then the railroad so we decided to
walk along it.  We found it very pleasant.  All along the roadsides
grew Celastrus.  We soon reached Revell station.  Here a shooting-match
was in progress and here we met a Mr. Will Barrett who lives on the 
Magothy.  He told us of a farm adjoining his of over 100 A. [acres] that
        