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tolas as I suppose grows here very tall & tre- 

 quent. — Besides this a variety of the more com- 

 mon ferns. We returned to the middle pond in 

 expectation of seeing deer, but finding none there, 

 Mr. Millbourne being provided with hook & 

 line, made a dryal at fishing, as it were on the 

 top of the mountain— He soon brought out some 

 fine Sunfish &gold Pearch & a fish they call here 

 Bull or Hornfish, it resembles a catfish very much 

 & grows sometimes to the lenght of 12 to 14. in- 

 ches ; the skin is black ; he has 4. feelers above & 

 4. below the mouth, two of the upper ones aie 

 very long, the two breast finns are very hard, & 

 bony, from which it has been calld Hornfish. 



On our return from the ponds, we came across 

 a stoud bear, which we killed, but it getting late 

 & begining to rain we were obliged to hang him 

 on a tree & leave him there till the morning next: 

 — Before we reached home we got wet all through 

 & it got so dark that we had a good deal of trou- 

 ble to come through the bushes without running 

 ones eyes out. 



About the ponds Lycopodium complanat. 

 & Circaea alpina, Hydcotyle americana. Dro- 

 sera rotundifolia were frequent, the latter had 

 the most of her leaves containing a fly or musci- 

 doe which they ketch in a similar manner as the 

 Dionrea does. — I dont think any place can be 

 more infested with muscidoes & gnats or as they 

 call them here Punks, as this country is, the peo- 

 ple are obliged to make fires before their doors to 

 keep them out of the houses, & them, who 

 milk cowes are obliged to kindle (ire & make a 



