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rising grounds, on the other side, I heard a very 

 strong noise of falling water : I followed the sound 

 & came to one of the most romantick & beautifull 

 falls of this Creek, I ever had seen ; the access, 

 even only to a sight of it is very difficult ; but I 

 regretted very much, that I had not had the 

 least information about these falls at the town, 

 as I should have made it my business, to visit 

 them unincumbered with my baggage though I 

 might have speti the diy by it. The ledge of 

 rocks confined in a very narrow cove, & sur- 

 rounded by high hills : (imposible to ascend, with 

 a load on my back on account of their steepness';) 

 over which this considerable stream drows itself 

 dowu, is a very interesting scene, & I doubt not 

 if time & opportunity had allowed me to make 

 an examination of it, I might have been paid for 

 the trouble with something or other interesting 

 or new in my line ; but to go back to the town, I 

 thought to be to much ; so I had to go on & be 

 satisfied with having had only a peep at it. I got 

 in my road again, where I observed along the 

 banks of the creek plenty of Pentstemon pubes- 

 cens. About a mile further I came to the banks 

 of the lake. The shore which 1 came to was 

 clear & gravelly with some common weeds grow- 

 ing near it, as Thistles, Mulliens, &c. I followed 

 the shore of it, for several miles, being in my 

 route. It is generally covered with oak, maple 

 & hickory. Buphthalmum helianthoides is the 

 first yellow syngenesia plant I seen this year, 

 Taraxacum excepted. A small Rosa similare to. 

 the one which I called last year R. monticola is 



