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 r. 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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