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 one of the calcareous fragments which I broke occurred the Trilobites paradoxus.

{32} The wind abating, we passed down to Augusta,[33] and with our emigrant companions encamped on the opposite shore. Here the insolence of my companion rendered our separation absolutely necessary. It is to be regretted, that so many of those wandering New-Englanders (who, like the Jews in Europe, are to be met with in every part of the union), should prove so disgraceful to their country. My impression now was, that this young man was a refugee from justice or deserved infamy, and in all probability I narrowly escaped being robbed.

13th.] To-day I arrived at Cincinnati,[34] and was again gratified by the company of my friend Doctor I. Drake,[35] one of the most scientific men west of the Alleghany mountains.