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plucking a mountain flower, or sending a rock down the mountain side to signify our [?] to the world below. It is [?] cool up here, and it is well I have my thick coat with me. _ I judge from the arrangements made, that the convention is is to have its [?] here. The hotels on the mountain seem larger and better than the one in Chattanooga. [Bishops?] Atkinson and Freeman are not here, but I believe all the others are present. [Dr?] Warren from [Nola?] is here, but I have not met with him, he being at another house. There is no lay delegation from S. Car.
I do not favor the location at Chattanooga or on Lookout Mt. The latter is a [?] [?] idea - and Chattanooga is sickly. What the folks will decide [?] is more than I can foretell. I suspect there will be varying opinions.
I got through the journey better than I expected, and am now fresher [and?] [highter?] than when I left home. I could very easily travel on in the same way without inconnvenience last night I slept some in the [?]. Reaching At[lanta]