Introduction 
of South America; but it will be only a hasty 
walk. I am thankful, however, for so much. 
My route will be through Kingston and Madi- 
sonville, Tennessee, and through Blairsville 
and Gainesville, Georgia. Please write me 
at Gainesville. I am terribly letter-hungry. I 
hardly dare to think of home and friends.” 
In editing the journal I have endeavored, by 
use of all the available evidence, to trail Mr. 
Muir as closely as possible on maps of the sixties 
as well as on the most recent state and topo- 
graphical maps. The one used by him has not 
been found, and probably is no longer in exist- 
ence. Only about twenty-two towns and cities 
are mentioned in his journal. This constitutes 
a very small number when one considers the 
distance he covered. Evidently he was so ab- 
sorbed in the plant life of the region traversed 
that he paid no heed to towns, and perhaps 
avoided them wherever possible. 
The sickness which overtook him in Florida 
was probably of a malarial kind, although he 
describes it under different names. It was, no 
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