muster of militia for a drafting of them. I was 

 not well all day. 



18. Having nothing else to do, and being al- 

 most out of patience of staying any longer at 

 this place, I took a walk to Salt point, went 

 through the marshes and along the banks of the 

 lake, without any thing materially worth notice: 

 I had not before observed the Gymnocladus can- 

 adensis grows on the banks of this lake, but I 

 dit not see one large tree of all being very criply 

 A: Miiall. 



I found Lobelia Claytoniana— Gerardia pur- 

 purea — Lysimachia ciliata&c. most every body 

 in this place is inflicted with a bad cold or ca- 

 tarrh which they call the influenza. 



19. ] Those days I spent in expectation of 



20. > letters for my departure : not being able 



21. ) to account for the delay I was out of all 

 patience & if it had not been for want of money 

 I should return to Philadelphia the nearest route 

 I could find. I wrote the 21st to Dr. B. on the 

 the subject. — I have not the heart of doing any 

 thing for spleen & sorrow. — On a walk I found 

 near Onondaga court house Dipsacus laciniata ? 

 Willd. 



22. To day at last I received a letter I so long- 

 had looked for, with anxiety including 20 Dll — 

 As my bill and expences here were very high, not 

 much was left to me to go upon ; but still when 

 I am on the Road, I can make my way cheaper- 

 than when I stay at a place : I set about prepar 

 rag myself immediately & beginn ray journey to 

 Vermont on Monday next. 



