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SEPTEMBER 10th. 



Excursion to the Bois Brule. A " Slash." Indian Wickup. Old Mill. 

 Fruits and Berries. Aphis. Scarlet Stoneberry. The Brule. Swamp 

 Plants. Indian Cup. Character of the Woods. Origin of this place. 

 Return by another Route. Arched Lane. 



FATHER. A few days ago, I accompanied a friend to a 

 singular place, of which I had often heard, and about which 

 my curiosity was excited. It is the Bois Brule, a large tract 

 of land, lying at no great distance, but so hidden in the 

 recesses of the woods, and so out of the way of any travelled 

 road, that it is not often visited, except by the trapper. 



CHARLES 1 should have liked to be with you ; but, as it 



is, you would gratify me by a brief account of your walk. 



F. We proceeded up Bradley's Brook, on the steep 

 bank of which I found a thistle in flower, with crenated 

 leaves (Cnicus Altissimus ?) which I have not observed 

 elsewhere. The first quarter of a mile lay through a very 

 rough slash, 



C. Excuse the interruption ; but what is a slash ? 



F. Sometimes a person wishes to cut down the timber 

 from a piece of land, when he has not time to trim the trees, 

 pile the brush, or cut the logs ; he, in that case, fells all the 

 trees, letting them lie promiscuously on the ground, as they 

 fall ; this is called a slash, and the plan is chiefly followed 

 in the thickly-timbered evergreen swamps. After the trees 



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