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in the marsh A plant unknown to me I found 

 near the Salt works in the marsh amongst Iris 

 & Scirpus with a long broad radical leaf like a beet 

 & the stem some what like Ly thrum verticillatum, 

 no flowers to be seen. Having myself sufficiently 

 satisfied for this day in this very disagreeable & 

 stinking marsh, the day besides being very hot, I 

 took some refreshments, & went towards my 

 lodging at the Hollow again 



In my return through the swamps I observed 

 Pyrola rotundifolia— Epilobium angustifolium, 

 beginning to flower— Aster cony zoides— Chara— 

 Monarda coccinea & beautifull plants of Lilium 

 superbum.— In going to the point this morning 

 I observed a Geranium in foliage like the G. car- 

 olinianum, but with considerable large red flow- 

 ers : I took but a small sprig of it, intending to 

 collect some on my return, but I could not find 

 the plant again 



17. This day I was bussy of drying & butting 

 by the plants collected yesterday. I received a 

 letter from Dr B. n including 20. dollars, which 

 I was very much in want of. 



18. Having promised, this day to see Gapt. 

 Webster I set out for his place : We took a walk 

 to the Castle or Indian Village : this tribe is but 

 very weak, they are very genteel & well behaved 

 people & industry beginns to propagate among 

 them : they have some very good fields of corn 

 which they keep in good order. My object was 

 for a great part, of learning the name of some 

 herbs in their language : but Capt. Webster told 

 me he knew the name of most trees himself & 



