Sept 28. Camped at Wood End all day, resting the horses & getting shoeing &c done. Writing reading &c &c.
Day oppressively hot & sultry. Quite like midsummer.

9.30 A.M. B. 27.73 calm clear.
T. 67"
Noon B. 27.675
T. 81" S.E. light. clear.
Mercurial Bar 28.123
Attached thermometer 84"
8 P.M. B. 27.84 E. clear
T. 54"
Mercurial Bar. 28.14
Attached Thermometer 58"

Sept 29. Started 5.45 & travelled on to St. Peters spring. After lunch came about 9 miles & camped at a good grassy swamp.

A good many specimens of Anemone patens in bloom. Evidently a second crop like that observed last year.

Wood End River flat 5.30 A.M.
B. 27.93 E. clear
T. 39"
Noon. St Peterís Spring B. 27.70
T. 70" S. fresh. clear
8 P.M. 27. m. E. of Wood End
B. 27.76
T. 50" S. light. clear