240 Audubon's Western Journal 



new birds and plants that a year's steady work 

 could not draw, but if our government would send 

 good men, what a work of national pride could be 

 brought out! Geology, botany, entomology, zool- 

 'ogy, etc. The views are frequently superb, and 

 the hemlocks and pines of many species most 

 beautiful. 



We reached Georgetown — two rows of poor 

 houses and sheds. The houses all one storey, but 

 some with piazzas, and here we took our supper 

 at the "Pine settlement" as it is called. 



