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pointed by rain consequently kept close house. 



29. It looking likely to get fair again I set out 

 for Oswego : when I came to the Salt Point I 

 concluded to go down, with one of the boats which 

 steady go from here in the Salt trade ; but waiting 

 & waiting for one to go, I was obliged to stay 

 over night on the point. 



30. No boat being ready to go this morning, I 

 took my way on foot as far as Liverpool 3. miles, 

 the road was good & I was acquainted with it : 

 here I took breakfast : & from here a path be- 

 ginns, cut through the woods, leading down the 

 river to Oswego : I observed Gerard ia flava & 

 Helianthus squarrosus in flower : — After getting 

 rightly into the path, I found the woods in re- 

 spect of timber & vegetation as well as in respect 

 of bad miry road similar to the Beach Woods : 

 The land is springy and very rich ; the path 

 sometimes comes close to Seneca river & some- 

 times is pretty distant from it : the travelling ex- 

 ceeding fatiguing having to go for several rods 

 round mire holes, to find a place to cross, & then 

 to look with all precaution to get in the right 

 path again : it is very seldom travelled, & in 

 some places so blind, as if never a man had went 

 that road. Dalibarda violoides I found yet in 

 full flower; the flowers are exceeding handsome 

 & neat.— I observed a Jungermannia not noticed 

 before.— Specimens pieserved — Xothing new. — 

 After a tedious journey, T came to three Rivers 

 point — This is a beautifull place— but only one 

 house, who keps tavern near it— here I took 

 dinner. Seneca river from the S. VT & Onondaga 



