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97 is a luxury not to be despised. They are the first of the vegetable family that I have eaten since leaving Panama. It seemed odd to buy vegetables by the pound. In Marseilles in France - they dispose of vegetables similarly. Called on Dr Sinus. The Dr received me with great German Hospitality. "Mr Smit I am most happy to see you at my tent." I found his quarters snug and comfortable. A tent raised as walls of logs. The fire place being built entirely outside made the fire appear out of doors. I remarked - "you fire Dr seems built in the next house." Subjects of Conversation: Homopathic compared with Alopathic Treatment of Diseaes. Medicine is o much a matter of judgement in the administration. The Dr is a great stickler for Pson being the great instigator of diseases. He gave me some instances from his practic where - he had cured by knowledge of this fact. His theory is that the Itch - is merely disseminated among the human family. Its appearance is a person is kept secret - the remedies used drive it in - where after being dormant for years - it makes its appearance in local disease. As case in Philisphia - of Inflamed Lungs - given up by physcians - he cured with special reference in the remedies - to concealed Psora. Geology - brought up by an open book - by Leonard on that Subject. The chapter on Porphysics the Doctor had been perusing. We discussed finally the point whether - the deep holes in the beds of this river (the South Fork) did not contain great deposits of gold - and whether it was not from these storehouses - the late freshets - brought forth the metal which had been deposited newly. This has been a subject of great interest to me as bearing upon this coming summers campaign. Shall we build a dam or no? If these deep places hold great deposits - it will pay to dam the stream and pump them out. If the rapids are not swept by the current - it will pay to dam them for the full mill drain off the water. But if the dam prove not remunerative great loss occurs - labor is high - timber and daming material scarce and poor - the time of the water short. These difficulties weigh heavy against my schemes of this sort. We concluded the holes in the river bed must naturally be rich with deposit.