
          1045.

He was a neighbor of Mr. H. and was out with the dogs (24 of them)
simply for exercise.  When he left us, we started our fire, prepared coffee 
and ate our dinner.  After dinner we got some Persimmons and then
started for the River R'd.  We took the broad path but it
lead to an abrupt precipice, quite beautiful and a fine camping place.
We enjoyed our trip down the hillside.  At the foot of the hillside
large blocks of ice were seen in various positions in the road-way.  Just as we were
about to step in the road we saw Mr. Norris.  Mr. N. was investigating
the condition of the road.  Hearing that we thought of going to Stoney 
Run for Skunk Cabbage, he told us he remembered finding some a short
distance down the road and he would show us the place.  We, therefore
went with him but when we reached the place we found it covered with
silt.  Mr. N. told us that the road was in a dreadful condition and
advised us, unless we were obliged to go that way, to turn back.  As we
were most anxious to see the wrecked bridge we decided to go onward.
We soon found that Mr. N. had not exaggerated the difficulty of the
undertaking.  For more than a mile we had to walk along the slope
of the hillside.  At no time is this an easy undertaking, but to-day
with the ground frozen and covered with ice, it was almost hazardous.

Sometimes the cliffs would rise almost perpendicularly, sometimes we
        