308 A DECADE OF WORK AT HOME. [1843, 



From Jefferson went to Grandfather ; had a fine 

 time and good weather ; explored the old fellow 

 thoroughly, but found no new Phaenogams. Sullivant 

 made a great haul of Mosses and JungermanniaB. 

 Found the Moodys heartily glad to see us. The elder 

 brother is married since our former visit. Miss 

 Nancy delighted with the calico dress I brought her, 

 and made me promise to ask some of my lady friends 

 at home to cut out a pattern for her in newspaper and 

 send by mail, to be in tiptop style, in the very 

 height of the fashion ! Poor Miss Nancy ! How she 

 would look ! The " old gentleman " (Mr. Carey) was 

 most affectionately inquired after. Indeed Miss 

 Nancy is perfectly in love with him, and sacredly 

 keeps the sperm-candle-end he gave her as a relic. 

 She gave me a most amusing account of the wonder- 

 ment which our visit caused. To it she attributes the 

 advantages they now enjoy both for religious and sec- 

 ular instruction. For we found a young Episcopal 

 clergyman, sent by the bishop, resident in the neigh- 

 borhood, where he has spent already almost a year, 

 a perfect hermit, so far as civilized society goes. Yet 

 he is busily occupied, and nearly contented, has built 

 a little cabin in full view of the Gothic Grandfather, 

 and I hope is doing much good. He accompanied us 

 to the mountain, but did not remain over night in our 

 encampment, having a distant service on Saturday. 

 His name is Prout. Mrs. Torrey will remember 

 something about his history, which will in part ac- 

 count for his willingness to spend a few years in this 

 solitary region. I had hoped to hear him preach on 

 the Sunday we passed at the Moodys' on our return 

 from the mountain ; but he preached at a station ten 

 miles off. A. GRAY. 



