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in two or three instances afterwards, I think, we observed 
this singular appearance of the grass on the prairies, indica¬ 
ting what might, perhaps, without impiety, be called f the 
foot-prints of the DeityI f 
Very respectfully and truly, I am. 
My dear Sir, yours, 
C. W. SHORT 
Professor Drake, 
Medical Institute of Louisville, 
February, 1845. 
