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water, had gone north with his wife and niece. The writer 
had explored six caves, one, Hoge's, of great size. 
"In general the flora and fauna are very rich here, especially the 
entomology, which strikes one soon." * * "The forest presents a 
fine variety here. Thuja grows by the side of Magnolia and Andro- 
meda arbores and the Paw-paw." * * "From the New River Sul- 
phur Springs, Giles county, Va., July 28, '67. The trip of 22 miles 
down the Kanawha, from the central depot, is graphically described, 
especially the shooting of the rapids in a keel boat 30 feet long under 
the guidance of the colored skipper and crew. His young wife and 
child were delighted." To-day we pass quietly with a quiet hour at most 
in the morning; the latter with favor I have found not seldom — quite 
as well as in our larger assembly. Some of the dealings of the Lord 
with Asa, King of Judah, as well as those of Christ with the widow 
and her son, and the woman that was a sinner were livingly clear and 
encouraging as I read them this morning. 
"Dear father, some time ago I made in a letter some spontaneous 
observations on the advantages of converse on religious subjects. 
This thee calls in thy reply 'a hint.' It was not intended as such. In 
thy last letter thee finds a want of patience, tenderness, etc., foolish- 
ness attributed and the like. Now, all this is a mistake, and as it 
will create difference and discomfort should be corrected. I am not 
the person to treat lightly any persons' conscientious scruples, even 
in case I do not sympathize with them, but in this case I did sympa- 
thize and have not let in impatience at any time." * * "The botany 
of that ridge" (on the south side of Giles county) "was curious to me: 
a bush Clematis; C. ochroleuca— a vineAsclepias — Conolobus sp. and 
the Spergularia lubra with red and green flowers, also Kuhnia— were all 
new to my list". 
Alexandria, Oct. 27, '67, he explains that he had accepted 
the invitation of a Marylander to examine the Eocene and 
Miocene beds in the southern part of the state between the 
Potomac and the Patuxent, and also to procure a collection 
of fossil vertebrates and mollusks. 
"I omitted to mention that among the cetaceans is one of the most 
singular known — though to myself only — as it is new, species, genus 
and family. It is a dolphin with a long cylindrical muzzle of much 
length, like the horn of the Narwhal, but not a tooth, but of the struc- 
ture of the swordfish. The under jaw was short and teeth in the upper 
no farther than opposite to the symphysis." 
His scientific publications for 1867 were thirteen in num- 
ber. 
In 1863 he had taken up his residence in Haddonfield, New 
