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an other walk to the coal pit, to see whether my 

 cast of the impression got dry ; but I found it 

 was not, neither could I get a piece off ; & as I 

 had found to my satisfaction that it was not only a 

 worn piece of the Cactus impression, as I for con- 

 venience sake call it now, I went back, to town, 

 not much disappointed. Mr Hart who keeps a 

 country store on the mouth of Lawahannock Ki- 

 ver about 10. m. from Wilkesbarre, at a place 

 calld .f ittstown, intended to go there to morrow, 

 & I promised to come out there likewise, if my 

 health would allow it, as it would be so much on 

 my way towards the Beachwoods which I was 

 determined to visit. 



In the nighborhood of the town, I observed 

 frequently Iris, — Leonurus Cardiaca — Prinos 

 verticillatus? Eupatorium perfoliatum — Andro- 

 meda paniculata Spiraea salicifolia Cephalanthus 

 occidentalis, Veronica scutellata &cc. I left the 

 collection of Impressions to the care of Mr. Hart 

 to sent them to Dr. Barton. 



20.— Still vevy ill & weak, being not able to 

 bear the least nourishment in my stomack ; but 

 I ventured to go to Pittstown on the Lawahan- 

 ock I travelled on slowly, & still I thought 

 those 10. m. a very good days work in my weak 

 situation ; I found Mr Hart there, & took lodging 

 at Mr Dukers, the tavern where he keeps his 

 store at. The road leading the greater part 

 through cultivated lands. I observed nothing 

 this day, but the common weeds. The Susque- 

 hannah breaks at this place through a ridge of 

 mountains calld the Lakawannah mountain. 



Sunday Jim. 21.— 1 was very anxious of exam- 



