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Salem, N.Y.
1901
July 5
(3)

After dinner Dr. Mcguire called in his new
automobile and took me a beautiful ride
down the valley of White Creek through East
Greenwich or as it was formerly called "Slab
City". It was a [?] and interesting ride
of five or six miles and my first opportunity
to see the country. The streets in the town
are bordered mainly by rock maples and Ameri-
can Elms. I have seen some immense
locusts (Robinia pseudoacacia) nearly three
feet through. The country is very hilly on
either side of the valley. The creek runs
prettily through mostly open country devoted
to pasturage, grass land, and immense
fields of yellow waving rye. Immense
quantities of rye are raised here and we
saw in one field the farmer cutting
& cradling it. No wheat or barley is
raised about here. White or Oudawa
Creek empties into Black Creek and then
into the Battenkill River a beautiful
stream some 75 yards broad where we crossed
it at East Greenwich. We went a little
way beyond and stopped at a farm where
I wandered about and heard Chewinks
and Veeries singling freely. Bobolinks &
Meadow Larks were singing in the grass
field. The breeze created by the ride
was refreshing. We returned the same way.

We spent the evening talking and play-
ing games.