8 Expeditio7i to the 



mountains, towards the northeast, and after a most rugged 

 and fatiguing march of about six miles, arrived at camp late 

 in the afternoon. Here he found several of the party suffer- 

 ing in a similar manner, but not so severely as the man he 

 had left in the mountains. T;vo men were immediately 

 despatched with some medicines in search of the disabled 

 party. 



The spot where they halted was several miles within the 

 mountains, and elevated nearly to the limit of phaenog^mous 

 vegetation. The common hop, [H. lupulus'] was growing in 

 perfection, also the box elder, [Acer negundo^ Ph. ] the com- 

 mon sarsaparilla of the Eastern states, [Aralia nudicaulis'] 

 the spikenard [A. racemosa^ and many other plants com- 

 mon to the Alleghanies and Green mountains. After waiting 

 about two hours, the sick man had so far recovered as to be 

 able to stand upon his feet, and to walk a little. They there- 

 fore relieved him of his gun and other luggage, and moved 

 by short stages towards camp, where they arrived at a late 

 hour of the night.* 



The men, who had been sent out to their assistance, re- 

 turned some time afterwards, having sought for them with- 

 out success. In the morning of the same day, soon after 

 the departure of Dr. James' detachment, two of the party 

 passed into the mountains, on the left side of the river; they 

 experienced much dijfliculty, and underwent much labour in 

 scaling the steep ascents, and some hazard in descending the 

 precipitous declivities, which marked their course. The 

 timber was small, scrubby, and scattered in the most favour- 



'*' Among' many plants collected in this excursion, some of tliem new to 

 us, we recognized the bear-berry [Arbutus uva-nrst L.] an inhabitant of 

 the mountainous districts of New York and New England, also the Dodeca- 

 theon integrifolium Ph., and a beautiful little plant, referrible to the ge- 

 nus Mentzeliaof Plumier. On the higher parts of the mountain, an oak is 

 common, approaching in character the Quercus banisteri, mx:, also a 

 small undescribed acer, the Juniperus commwn?*, and J. virginiana. In the 

 ravines, the Rhus toxico-derulron, spinua opulijulia, &c.; and at the base 

 of the mountains, the Prenanthes rundnatum, Saxifraga nivalis, L. a cer- 

 astium, &c. 



