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The Pyrola umbellata calld here Princess pine — 

 Cistus canadensis. In descending the top I 

 came to plenty of Kalmia angustifolia & soon 

 after to a springy piece of ground which led me 

 to a stream of water, which finally forms a beau- 

 tiful Cascade which I admired so much the more 

 as I was very dry & the water most excellent. 

 A great abundance of the different sort of ferns 

 & mosses common to wet shady places cover the 

 rocks & Arum triphyllum in full flower, with 

 several other common plants. At Dingmanns I 

 crossed the river over to Ennis's where I after a 

 long & fatiguing journey arrived late in the even- 

 ing. This day I killed a monstrous large snake, 

 which I seen likewise in Virginia calld there 

 Black Viper, here they call it blowing Atter, it 

 is not common but I was not able to examine it, 

 partly for want of time & chiefly on account of 

 the most horrid smell it emitted, they are said to be 

 very poisenous but on opening the mouth, I 

 could not observe the structure of that kind in 

 her teeth. 



Jun. 9. After breakfast I took to the road on 

 my return to the water gap ; going the same 

 route as I had come up the Kiver, the day ex- 

 ceeding warm & the fatigues of yesterday made 

 me feel it so much more. I took my course 

 several times up the water courses to the moun- 

 tains, but observed nothing interesting ; I ar- 

 rived in the afternoon at Hellers on the Bushkill; 

 here I stood over night, from this place I would 

 have to turn off to the beach woods, so I inquired 

 for the route, but could not get any satisfactory 

 information ; I had to return to Howsers on the 



