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new (?) Danthonia. But the clouds were settling down and soon I couldn't see 100 ft. I was afraid of losing the trail if I couldn't see the house in the little valley and had to give it up and collect within sight of it. Mrs. M. collected, too, and we put her plants in till dark. ¶ Antonio had snagged the side of his foot somewhere (how bare feet could ever endure that climb is beyond me) and it was inflamed and painful. He put some boiled leaves on it, [[vertical line in margin]] refusing to take Mrs. M's advice to soak the foot in boiled water. But it was so painful he asked if we could put medicine in the water for him. "Put a drop of iodine in the water" she said. [[/margin]]
 So I told him to boil water, keep his hands away from the sore. When the water was hot I put in the iodine and gave him my germicide soap to rub over the sore. I tore up one of my muslin bags (made to ship plants in), put unguentine on a piece and

Transcription Notes:
Unguentine is the trademarked name of an over the counter topical antiseptic ointment