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$1.25 for it -- Soon after crossing the ferry; just as we
got out into the pine woods Jim shot at, & wounded a turkey,
but it got off --

I killed 3 [for] squirrels today; got 2, and left one
sticking in the fork of a tree -- We met two men from Munroe
Co., Ga. this morning-, returning from a visit of inspection
to the Gulf Hammock-; they are in raptures with it-; the most
fertile place in the world -- We stopped to eat our dinner
by a Mr. Polk's on the road; a miserable place --
bought a bushel of corn at a place where a Mr. Buie lives;
they were digging a well there -- Mr. B. not at home -- I
bought a bushel of corn after some sharp bargain with Mrs. B.
and her mother, a talkative old woman-; paid $1.00 for it --
The old lady said "she knowed I was a doctor -- I looked like
one" --

We camped for the night near a place where a Mr. Shirley
lived -- he and his brother (which latter we thought a deserter)
sat with us at our camp fire for a long time --

Dr. Feay found the Coontie today for the first time -- I
dug a root for him -- saw plenty of it-; its brilliant green
leaves dot the rolling sand hills very prettily -- made 24 miles --

Thursday -- Oct. 19th --
Dr. Feay calls our camp of last night -- Bejaria
(pronounced Beharia) -- plenty of that shrub growing about --
We left at 25 minutes to 7 -- A bright & beautiful day-; fine
for seeing the Eclipse of the Sun which takes place today-;
having taken in a supply of smoked glass at Dr. Peacocks we had a
fine view of it, from time to time, as we rode along -- All nature