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Michx ; which grows near Mr. Johnes's mill in 

 Blockley. At the house of Mr. Coolbaugh, the 

 man above mentioned I took dinner & a man 

 coming in who wanted to go as far as the begin- 

 ning of Minnisink that night, I availed myself of 

 the opportunity of having company, to get there 

 this night yet. We had about 19. or 20. m. to 

 come to the place of his destination, it being one 

 o'clock when we left the tavern, & yet we reach- 

 ed it before it was quit dark ; when we came 

 within 6. or 7.m. of it it began to rain very hard, but 

 we kept travelling on. The Minisinks I first un- 

 derstood were on the Pensylvania side, but there 

 is no such thing ; the country calld so lays in 

 Sussex county New Yersey & extends from the 

 New York line about 16. or 18. m. down the river 

 & about from 3 to 11 m. back. This course I 

 seen nothing new, the hills along the road are 

 covered close with timber & Cimicifuga Serpen- 

 taria (Actsea racemosa) Aralia nudiflora & here 

 & there patches of Podophyllum here called Man- 

 darach mixed with abundance of Houstonia 

 ceerulea & other common plants of similar situa- 

 tion are the only cover of the ground. We crossed 

 the river at dark & took up lodging at Mr. 

 BnniB's, who keeps a ferry & a house much fre- 

 quented by the raftsmen. It looked very much 

 for a heavy & settled rain. 



Jun. 6. Rain all day, my anxiety of seeing 

 this place was disappointed for to day but being 

 pretty much fatigued, I expected that the dis- 

 agreeable rest I had in a house I did not much 

 like, would still be so much more to my advan- 

 tage ; I slept most all day. 



