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_its tendrils and was growing so luxuriantly that it was with great 
difficulty one on horseback could force his way through. 
On the hill sides, the wild rose was still in bloom, and’ mingled 
its pink flowers with the beautiful white clusters of the Jersey tea, 
(ceonothus Americanus. he prairies were covered with tall 
stalks of the rattlesnake weed, (rudebeckia purpurea.) 
Some of our mules proved very refractory, but we soon con- 
quered them with the aid of the “‘lazo,” or cabriesto, as it is often 
called—-a rope of hair, or plaited hide, 50 to 60: feet ong,in which 
a noose is formed that, by a skilful hand, is easily thrown over the 
mule’s head, the noose being gradually tightened, the animal soon 
falls to all appearance lifeless. Now, the bridle, the saddle, and 
packs are fixed, the noose loosened, and the mule rises ready for the 
ourney. ac 
3 ‘After a march of twelve miles, we encamped near a log house, 
close to"a Ane spring of cold clear water, Here we noticed the 
white hickory, or downy hickory, (juglans pubescens,) the chest- 
nut oak, (quercus primus acuminata,) the spicewood, (laurus ben- 
zoin,) and, deep in the woods, the modest May apple, (podophyl- 
lum peltatum,) and bloodroot, (sanguinaria canadensis.) 
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