A "Thousand-Mile Walk 



first time, growing luxuriantly in the wayside 

 gardens. At night with a very pleasant, in- 

 telligent Savannah family, but as usual was 

 admitted only after I had undergone a severe 

 course of questioning. 



October 6, Immense swamps, still more com- 

 pletely fenced and darkened, that are never 

 ruffled with winds or scorched with drought. 

 Many of them seem to be thoroughly aquatic. 



October 7. Impenetrable taxodium swamp, 

 seemingly boundless. The silvery skeins of 

 tillandsia becoming longer and more abun- 

 dant. Passed the night with a very pleasant 

 family of Georgians, after the usual questions 

 and cross questions. 



October 8. Found the first woody compositcB, 

 a most notable discovery. Took them to be 

 such at a considerable distance. Almost all 

 trees and shrubs are evergreens here with thick 

 polished leaves. Magnolia grandiflora becoming 

 common. A magnificent tree in fruit and foli- 

 age as well as in flower. Near Savannah I found 

 waste places covered with a dense growth of 

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