A Thousand' Mile Walk 



presence of the above-mentioned impermeable 

 seams. 



Traveled to-day more than forty miles with- 

 out dinner or supper. No family would re- 

 ceive me, so I had to push on to Augusta. Went 

 hungry to bed and awoke with a sore stomach 

 — sore, I suppose, from its walls rubbing on 

 each other without anything to grind. A negro 

 kindly directed me to the best hotel, called, 

 I think, the Planter's. Got a good bed for a 

 dollar. 



October J. Found a cheap breakfast in a 

 market-place; then set off along the Savan- 

 nah River to Savannah. Splendid grasses and 

 rich, dense, vine-clad forests. Muscadine grapes 

 in cart-loads. Asters and solidagoes becoming 

 scarce. Carices [sedges] quite rare. Leguminous 

 plants abundant. A species of passion flower is 

 common, reaching back into Tennessee. It is 

 here called "apricot vine," has a superb flower, 

 and the most delicious fruit I have ever eaten. 



The pomegranate is cultivated here. The 

 fruit is about the size of an orange, has a thick, 

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