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1 crossed the Tunkhannock ct proceeded on up 

 Martin Creek : on the heath waters of this is the 

 place called Hop bottom, where Mr. Milbourne 

 lives, & where I intended to make some stay, to 

 make excursions for further observations. — all 

 this country has been lately began to be settled, 

 the roads are heavy bad & difficult to pass & so 

 much more to find, as the most of them are only 

 blind paths.— It got evening when I came to Hop 

 bottom creek, & I give up the idea of reaching 

 Mr. Millbourns place, as it was three miles 

 further on : but finding on enquire Mr. Mill- 

 bourne to be at a house there himself, & just 

 now ready to go to his place, I went there & de- 

 livered my letter from Mr. Hart, he offered me 

 his horse to ride to his place but I only accepted 

 of the offer of carrying my wallet on his horse, as 

 I was exceedingly fatigued, & he riding slowly on 

 I made the rest of the road to his house, through 

 a very bad piece of road, full of roots & mire 

 holes, in the dark. He appeared to be a very 

 fine man, though of but little education, yet of 

 a great deal of natural good sense. Mr. Hart 

 had mentioned in his letter, to make me ac- 

 quainted with the Leek & the Pigeon berry of 

 this country, which he told me he would venture 

 to show me, but thought that both of them were 

 dyed down, as both are the earlyest productions of 

 the season. N. B. The Tiarella cordifolia is a 

 common to this country, as it is to the great 

 swamps of Wilksbarre. They call it here Rough 

 leaf. 



20.— This morning I took an excursion ac- 

 companied by Mr. Melbourne who wanted to 



