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lodging, having returned from his yourney & 

 hearing at the post office, a stranger having en- 

 quired for him I promised to be at his place in 

 a day or two 



July 19 Rested myself & wrote &c. 



20. To day I took the excursion to Sqr. Ged- 

 des, & intend to go from there across the country 

 to the Saltpoint again.— The Viola circseifolia 

 P. as mentioned in the beach woods, is yet in 

 flower here : I observed all above before men- 

 tioned plants on this route & the remains of 

 Sanguinaria. The Carpinus Ostrya is calld 

 Ironwood here & sometimes Leverwood— the 

 Carpinus Americana is in common Waterbeach. 

 —In a swamp near Mr Geddes's the Cupressus 

 thyoides grows. In a Hemlock wood— Pyrola ro- 

 tundifolia & Orchis bifolia. 



Mr Geddes brought me to a deep valley about 

 1. m. from his house, where we ascended a steep 

 very rocky hill ; here large masses of rocks seem 

 to be piled up, or tumbled over one & another in 

 such a confused manner, that it has left large 

 chasms between them, which sometimes appear 

 like caves : as it has a north aspect & over, 

 shadet with trees, all the rocks are covered with 

 moss and vegetables : & I suppose this must be a 

 very interesting place for the botanist in the 

 spring, the walking is very precarious, as in 

 some places large holes are hid by weeds & 

 bushes, & every step, one is in danger of break- 

 ing a leg or falling into a gulph.— Here I found 

 plenty of Actea spicata, chiefly wi h red berries, 

 but some of the plants had beautifull white ber- 



