A Thousand-Mile W alk 
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 
ruffed 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 composite, 
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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