abouts ; Viola debilis in flower ; Ilex canadensis 

 — A species of Primus like P. acuminata, &c. I 

 returned to Ruttland very ill disposed ; cold & 

 without cloathes & money & no letters arrived 

 made me more sick, than I actually would have 

 been. 



15. My illness turned out into a fever & 

 bloody flux which alarmed me very much in the 

 present situation. 



16 Very cold night & morning, Killingtou 

 peak was covered with snow ; which stood all 

 day, though the sun came out for several hours- 



17. By using several medicines I got so much 

 belter of Che flux that I took a walk, I chewed 

 mo.sl all day the tops of the branches of Spruce, 

 which se an -d to do good to me : Populus candi- 

 cans & balsa in ifera are planted in the streets of 

 Ruttland, & grow about here frequent. I ob- 

 served the Verbena hastata to be a truly didyna- 

 mous & tetrandous p'.ant Got somewhat warm- 

 er to day. 



18. Took an excursion towards the mountain. 

 Aralia hispida in berries— Ilex canadensis— Oro- 

 banche virginica. Observed Aster infirmus — Cir- 

 csea alpina Xylosteum tartaricum — Gentiana 

 saponaria —Aralia racemosa &e. 



19. Staid in the house, worn down with sick- 

 ness & vexation of mind about not receiving any 

 support whatever. 



20. However disappointed T had been in 

 former excursions I wished to ascend one of the 

 highest peaks in this part, I went about 7. m. from 



