39^ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | .Vov., '09 



Marching Through Georgia. 



BY CHARLES DURY. 



Starting June i, 1909, from Cincinnati for that Terra in- 

 cognita, the mountains of N. E. Georgia, my itinery was to 

 go to Blue Ridge and from that point to walk across through 

 the mountains to Clayton in Rabun County, about seventy- 

 five miles. There to meet William Davis and Charles Leng, 

 of N. Y., make Clayton headquarters for^ trips in all directions 

 in search of desirable insects of all orders. Arriving at Blue 

 Ridge June 2, it rained, or rather poured, for thirty-six hours 

 without intermission. The creeks were all on the rampage. 

 And while the swimming was fairly good, the walking was 

 dreadful. So I rode to Blairsville, a distance of twenty-six 

 miles, with the mail carrier. The roads were a curiosity in 

 their vileness, an object lesson for road makers. 

 With tons of good macadamizing material laying 

 around, the chuck holes were so many and so deep that 

 it was dangerous to haul even an empty wagon over them. 

 I arrived at Blairsville soaked with water and covered with 

 mud. So far not an insect except a few Acanthia that had 

 taken up their abode in the bed I occupied at Blue Ridge. 

 In return for their attentions, in the way of bites, I bottled 

 as many of the bunch as I could catch. 



At Blairsville I laid up a day for repairs and washed such 

 of my garments as I could spare and yet keep within the 

 bounds of propriety. I hung these out (in the rain) to dry! 

 Of the eighteen clays spent on the trip, it rained sixteen, at 

 least a shower, each day. My outfit for this tramp consist- 

 ed in a haversack, containing three cyanide bottles, a few 

 small cork-lined boxes and a folding butterfly net, and for a 

 change of clothing, a shirt and pair of socks, and I carried 

 my collecting umbrella. On the morning of June 4 I walked 

 to a place called Young Harris (12 miles) where I arrived 

 at noon. The only insects found en route were a few com- 

 mon beetles and Diptera. Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera were 

 verv scarce. The birds observed and noted were mostly common 



