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ing like the ruins of an old castle, near its southwestern extrem- 
ity, the top of the Roan may be described as a vast meadow, 
[about nine miles-in length, with some interruptions, and with a 
maximum elevation of six thousand and thirty eight feet,] with- 
out a tree to obstruct the prospect; where a person may gallop 
his horse for a mile or two, with Carolina at his feet on one side, 
and Tennessee on the other, and a green ocean of mountains 
raised into tremendous billows immediately about him. It is the 
pasture ground for the young horses of the whole country about 
it during the summer. We found the strawberry here in the 
greatest abundance and of the finest quality, in regard to both 
size and flavor, on the 30th of July.’* 
At sunrise we had fine weather and a most extensive view of 
the surrounding country ; in one direction we could count from 
eight to twelve successive ranges of mountains, and nearly all 
the higher peaks of this whole region were distinctly visible. 
Soon, however, we were enveloped in a dense fog which con- 
tinued for several hours, during which we traversed the south- 
western summit, and made a list of the plants we saw. ‘The 
oe scsi of this bald and rounded summit are chiefly 
zuosa, Juncus tenuis, Carer intumescens, festucacea, 
ce of Mr. Curtis, and a narrow-leaved. variety of Os Penn- 
sylvanica, the. latter: pags pnagieesies Wate panes peat of the grassy 
herbage, ES Rk Be ca pest: " ely and. Can- 
adense, , which here only ttain the height of four.to eight inches, 
isyrinchium anceps, Smilacina bifolia, Habenaria (Platan- 
hur) peramena, Veratrum viride, Helonias (Chamelirium) 
dioica, Osmunda Claytoniana, Linn. (O. interrupta, Michz.), 
Athyrium asplenioides, Pedicularis Canadensis mostly with pur- 
plish-brown flowers, now just in blossom, Trautvetteria palmata, 
Ranunculus repens, Thalictrum dioicum just in flower, Geum 
radiatum in the greatest.profusion, (it was here that Michaux 
obtained this species,) Potentilla tridentata and Canadensis, 
Fragaria Virginiana, the fruit just-ripe and of the finest flavor, 
‘villosus now in flower, Castilleja coccinea, Geranium 
maculatum, Clematis Viorna about eight inches high, Sanicula 
M * wneneads rene Hanah. nalenanim, Figen 
* Prof. Mitchell of Chapel Hill Uniranitt. in the Raleigh Register ae 3 Ay 
1835, andin the aris emai al | a eed 
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