jumped over the fence and I spent the whole day looking for him.
While so engaged I saw on the sandy beaches: Iresine celosioides; Mollugo verticillata; On the rocks; Heuchera Americana; Asplenium rhyzophorum; Pteris nova; Parietaria . . .; Hydrangea arborescens. On the limestone mountains: Serratula 2 unknown species; Cuphea viscosa; Didynamia gymnosperma novum genus; Didynamia angiosperma novum genus. On the bank of the Dickson river, Dirca palustris; Sophora floribus coerulis. In the shady forests etc: Acer foliis argenteis an rubrum? Acer saccharum; Fraxinus foliolis subintegris, Fraxinus foliolis serratis ramis quadrangularis; Gleditsia triacanthos; Guilandina dioica, Robinia pseudo-acacia; Evonimus ramulis subrotundis, capsulis laevibus.
The 26th of September 1793, Rained all day; slept at a mile from Kentuckey river at the house of . . . Hogan[44] who was kind enough to lend me a horse for nothing to go in search of mine.
The 27th arrived at Lexington distant only 20 Miles from the crossing of Kentuckey river called Hickman junction.[45]
The 5th of October started from Lexington.
Sunday the 6th of the same arrived at Danville. The same day wrote to Citizen Minister Genet.
The 7th took lodgings at Puvit's[46] and received my baggage.
