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daily walk over. By this method, we may compose a curious sub- 

 terranean map.* * * * * 



I want much to come to Carolina, to observe the curiosities to- 

 ward the mountains ; but the mischievous Indians are so treache- 

 rous, that it is not safe trusting them, even in their greatest 

 pretence of friendship. They have destroyed all our back inhabi- 

 tants. No travelling, now, to Doctor Golden' s, nor to the back 

 parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, nor Virginia. 



Pray, how far do you commonly reckon it, from Charleston to 

 the Cherokee Mountains ? I should be glad to search them, if it 

 could be done safely ; but must wait till these troublesome times 

 are over. 



You have growing with you a pretty sort of a red flower, the 

 root of which is a sovereign cure for the worms, f as I am informed. 

 Pray send it me ; I want it much. 



Have you the right Senna, growing plentifully ? Thee promised 

 me some seed. 



I believe I can make most of your perennial plants live over our 

 winters, by covering them over with straw ; but some of your 

 shrubs and trees will not. I suppose they are such that naturally 

 grow to the southward of you ; and though they seem to grow and 

 seed with you, yet can't bear much more cold. 



DOCTOR GARDEN TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



October 26th, 1760. 



My dear Friend : 



I have received two very kind letters from you, since you left 

 this place, neither of which it has yet been in my power to answer. 

 Ever since I saw you, I have lived in a greater hurry than when I 

 had the pleasure of your agreeable company. Often since our 

 parting, have I reflected with concern, that I had then so little 

 time to enjoy you. 



* This "scheme" of John Baeteam's if original with him, would indicate 

 that he had formed a pretty good notion of the nature and importance of a Geolo- 

 gical Survey and Map, more than half a century before such undertakings were 

 attempted in our country, or even thought of by those whose province it was to 

 authorize them. 



f No doubt the Spigelia, Marilandica, L., commonly called "Carolina Pink." 



