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ocean : The shore here is rocky & pretty high : 

 as I wished to get something to eat & nothing 

 had been ready, before I went, I could only make 

 a small excursion. I soon found Hippophae can- 

 adensis which is a very singulare shrub. — The 

 different above mentioned Poplars mixed with 

 other wood make the timber. Cornus several 

 sorts, among which is the Osier rouge or Red 

 Osier one, which has white berries, several sorts 

 of Salix — Rubus odoratus in flower & fruit— Ha- 

 mamelis virginica &c. form the shrubbery — a 

 species of Gnaphalium, unknown to me, & very 

 handsome is in plenty. Yaccinium frondosum 

 & Pensylvanicum — Hyeracium Kalmii, — Solida- 

 go spec. Equisetum sylvaticum &c. I collected 

 here. — I had to wait, till nearly sunset, before I 

 could get any thing to eat & then it was nothing 

 but eel, which I never could eat. I had fo do as 

 well as I could, among people, whose life was 

 very rough, & who think about nothing but 

 making some money, by the little trade they have 

 here, which is chiefly salt : it is a place, I dis- 

 like the most of any I ever have been at, in the 

 United States : I was not able to get one civil 

 man by whom I could get some information. 



Augt. 1. Yesterday & to day I made enqui- 

 ries about a sandy beacli ; but all information I 

 could get, was, that it was above 30. miles dis- 

 tance : though I was anxious of seeing such a 

 place here, I had to give up the Idea, as I had 

 inured one of my feet very much on the day be- 

 fore yesterday: The big toe had inflamed itself 

 to an alarming and painfull degree, the chief pari 



