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letterhead Oct 2 1898 My dear Helen Wanda - We are in Georgia now as you see not far from where I passed on my long
walk to the Gulf of Mexico long ago. We hired a team this morning a negro boy for a driver have been riding most all day in
the beautiful woods along the Coosa? River over some pretty steep hills making many stops to examine the rare plants trees
bushes. There are 3 kinds of hickory trees here Mr Sargent made the negro boy climb I dont know how many to get specimens
of the nuts it was fun to see him making faces about it. The oaks are very beautiful 7 or 8 kinds grow here, some with leaves
2 long slim like those of willows others very broad glossy deeply divided or plain. There is a huckleberry bush in these
woods that is very tall may be called a tree in some places. but the berries are small the children call them sparkle berries.
I have not seen a single squirrel all day, very few birds. but I saw hundreds hundreds of little negro girls boys laughing,
grinning muggins jet black or brown too comical cunnning for anything This being Sunday many were in their best clothes. my
if you saw the glory grandeur of this Sunday best Solomon in all his glory etc was nowhere. Well its late I must go to bed
Tomorrow we go to Tuscaloosa Alabama. In about ten days we will be in New York. then to Boston perhaps Adirondacks home. I
do hope you are all well. I expect to get a telegram 02477