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to what they are in Virginia. At this place we 

 refreshed ourselves and feed the horses, as far as 

 this I had this days travel very agreeable, as on 

 account of the roughness of the road & the deep 

 mire holes in some places the wagon could not go 

 on as fast as I could walk, having plenty of time 

 to look about myself: besides being unincumbered 

 with any baggage. But the road getting now 

 good <fc evening drawing nigh, I had to get into 

 the wagon & we travelled tolerable fast. — About 

 3 or 4 miles from Sapony Hollow the timber chan- 

 ges into Oak & from there to Ithaca it is all Oak 

 timber mixed with pine, with the rest of plants 

 similare to Tyoga point. We arrived at Ithaca 

 at night fall. 



8. — Being now on the heath of Cayuga I re- 

 membered your information about Erica caerulea 

 growing on the high lands between Cayuga <fe 

 Seneca lake ; I was very anxious of seeing this 

 plant in its native place, but having not received 

 the particular directions for finding the place, as 

 I had been promised of, besides that, being rath- 

 er afraid of running myself out of money neces- 

 sary to come to Onondaga, as my pocked was but 

 low & the distance yet considerable, I had to my 

 own mortification, to give up all Ideas of a search 

 for it. The morning was rather suspicious for 

 rain, as it had rained some all night, I was de- 

 tained at Ithaca until 11 o'clock, when I set out 

 for the lake, which is only 2 miles distance. My 

 route was going on the east side of it. After 

 having crossed Cayuga creek, with a great deal 

 of difficulty, to perforin it, & coming on the 



