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that I fell repeatedly & could only progress by making a sliding run from one tree to another diagonally down the slope. In several instances where I missed my goal by falling I would bring up some distance down the slope pretty thoroughly shaken up: After over an hour of this I reached a trail & soon joined my companion as he descended the point on an easy trail.

In the midst of the second growth pines near the summit by the border of an old field he had found a magnificent white rose bush growing up among the foliage of a pine & marking the site of an old watch hut.

The strange presence of this flower is an illustration of the love of flowers 

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