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a bed of a very fine large river, which probably 

 emtied itself through the wind gap ; all the 

 stone found about here are roundet off, by the 

 rolling in the old bed of this large river ; & even 

 large rocks of several yards diameter have the 

 mark of having been worked upon by the water. 



12. I left Shafers early in the morning though 

 it being very cloudy, I expected it might clear 

 off ; but having gone a little ways it began to 

 rain & I was obliged to take shelter at another 

 public house only 3 m. distance, call'd Huths, It 

 formed itself into a rainy day altogether, & 

 having procured an old toren map of the tract of 

 my journey at Minisink which I found would all 

 fall to pieces immediately, I betuck myself to 

 making a copy of it which occupied me nearly all 

 day.* 



13. Still rainy ; but after breakfast it beginning 

 to look likely for clearing oft ; I went on toward 

 Pokono mountain, only 6 m. distance. Frequent 

 showers interrupted me all the way ; When I 

 came to the foot of the mountain I observed the 

 Kalmia latifolia beginning to flower, In a wet 

 meadow Senecio aureus, Stellaria graminea ? 



* This veritable copy of the map, with the route traced 

 upon it by Mr. Pursh, has been presented to the Amer- 

 ican Philosophical Society, by Prof. A. Gray, to whom 

 it was given by Prof. Tuckerman, of Amherst College. 

 This gentleman, attending the sale of the Botanical 

 Museum of the late Mr. Lambert, purchased two collec- 

 tions of American plants:— one of which contained 

 Pursh's duplicate specimens; and among them, this 

 map was found. A singular incident where things are 

 brought together after a long period of separation : in 

 thin case, a term of 60 years has elapsed, 



