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9) 1840 Jany. the 9 Cloudy warm & Thawy =no military parade no rich dinners no splendid feasts of Champagne no high sounding patriotic toasts no gay cotilion parties no Bacanalian revelry- all still and quiet Save only the common affairs of life no Bustle no hurrying to + fro no anxious and inquisitive looks- no "unclear" "save?"not then the sound of the woodmans axe or the lonly teamster calling to his sluggish oxen as he slowly drive along How different to the days I have before seen. So hath passed a many of the greater days of Festivity now forgotten and given place to others like the returning sound of the ancient forest oak which when first uptorn makes a tremendous crash but as it passes the echo grows more dull more distant untill it is lost in the surrounding The whole of this forrest of "petrifactions?" appear to have been deeply embeded in the earth By ancient convulsion of the earth and the continual washing away of earth are now bringing them again to the light of day the stumps stand some nearly perpendicular But mostly in an inclining posture some one way & some anther look at page 11