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Country about here - Mount Vernon County seat of Washington County about 16 miles from Washington - from Grimes' to Col Shannon's 9 miles undulating Country & full of settlements - dined at the Cols fine plantation cotton, corn, Tobacco, Sheep, ? & - y una hija hermosa - Dn Juan S. recien sabios de la escuela nos fatige con su sabiduria! una curiosidas - 2 miles brought us to the Bridge over Lake Ck & 6 miles more to Montgomery - full of farms & plantations & some comfort - Before we arrived at Lake Ck passed a large plantation belonging to Col Salian Devereux, he has all his Slaves together forming a 'Nigger Village' - after passing Lake Ck my companion shewed me what he thinks is continually going on - viz say when the pine seeds get into a Post oak forrest and they take root and grow up, whilst so doing they will destroy the oaks, to die & fall - then another oak forrest springs up & destroys the Pines & thus it appears to go on successively - See Dr Lindly about this - this may account for the Post oaks not being large -