166 Biography of F. A. Michaux. 



among wliom Tie mentions the Eev. Dr. Collin, Dr. Benj. S. Bar- 

 ton, Messrs. Vaughan, Peale, Wm. Bartram, &c. He visited with 

 great satisfaction, the botanical garden of the last mentioned gen- 

 tleman, and the magnificent green houses of Mr. Wm. Hamilton, 

 which contained a rich collection of exotics, principally New 

 Holland plants. His attention was more particularly attracted 

 "by the latter gentleman's romantic grounds, called Woodland, 

 wholly planted with every American tree and shrub that could 

 withstand the severity of a Philadelphia winter. Then, finding 

 he had a few months to dispose of, he took advantage of this 

 circumstance to visit the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, 

 about which he had so frequently heard his father speak in the 

 most enthusiastic terms. 



Accordingly, he set out from Philadelphia, on the 27th of 

 June, 1802 ; passed through Lancaster, Columbia, York, Carlisle 

 and Shippensburgh ; then crossing the Alleghany Mountains, he 

 reached Pittsburgh in ten days, travelling alternately in stage, 

 on horse-back and on foot. He left Pittsburgh on the l-ith of 

 July, on foot, for Wheeling, and there purchased a canoe to de- 

 scend the Ohio river, in company with an American officer of 

 the name of Craff, In three days, they reached Marietta, and, 

 on the tenth day, they landed at Limestone, now Maysville. 

 From that place, he travelled alone to Lexington, which he left 

 on the 10th of August for Nashville. 



Michaux remained in Nashville four weeks, which were em- 

 ployed, principally, in herborizations around the town and along 

 the banks of the Cumberland river. On the fifth of September, 

 he set out on his journey back to Charleston, by way of Fort 

 Blunt, West Point and Knoxville^ which latter place he reached 

 on the 17th, after stopping several days at the Falls of Roaring 

 Eiver, to explore the beautiful country around. From Knox- 

 ville he travelled to Greenville, and thence to Jonesborough, the 

 last town of Tennessee. On the 21st he began crossing the high 

 ridge which divides the State of Tennessee from North Carolina, 

 and after two days of the most toilsome journey through the 

 mountains, he reached the farm of old Davenport, who had been 

 formerly his father's guide in that rugged region. — There he ^re- 

 mained a weekj for the double purpose of resting and conversing 

 w^ith him about his dear father, who, shortly after, on the inhos- 

 pitable coast of Madagascar, died a victim to the climate and to 

 nis zeal for the progress of science. On the second of October, 

 Michaux reached Morgantown, two hundred and eighty miles 

 from Charleston, and arrived in the latter city, on the 18th, by 

 way of Lineolntown, Chester, Winsboroug'h, and Columbus, 

 after having travelled over eighteen hundred miles in three 

 months and a half. 



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