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eligible land above here & near the river - Saturday 15th Last night - after 2 unclear words - The gnats & small flies nearly blinded us - the effluvia from the Slough nearly choked us Frogs ( ? ) crickets & such like small fry commenced their whine - ? notes - no breeze & very sultry. No sooner had we had Supper & bethought to seek upon upon [sic] our pallets, with the idea that a few snakes, scorpions, centipedes & lizards - independent of wolves panthers & such like, when Myriads upon Myriads of gulley-miffer Mosquitos commenced their discordant buzzing & stinging - which was kept up until Morning. No one slept altho' Much fatigued. We moved about sullenly from one place to