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ings belonging to the canal. After dinner I was directed to go to New
Albany. After doing by business there I went to Dr Clapp['s] office:
but he was not at home.¹¹⁶ Dr. C has boarded about 300 feet deep in
search of coal. I then went into [p. 113] a druggist’s shop, and enquired
for Dr. C. and questioned the man some about the boaring. He says
that he has passed through the bituminous Shale thro' the limestone
and into Granite.

He gave no description of this granite but I suppose it must be Eaton's
Ferriferous Rock. I followed the edge of the river up to Clarksville and
found no shells. It is one continued bank of slate containing dissemi-
nated through it small masses of suphuret of Iron, and occasionally
interposed between its layers is a thin stratum of sandstone containing
fine gra[i]ns of pyrites. I went up to clerks point to collect the shells
[p. 114] which I found there June 30, 1828 and found several species.
The animals of these shells are black while the shells are brown or horn
color.

Wednesday Aug 27. Mr. Henry went to Knob creek to examine some
property which was to be transferred to Carney Sayre & co. but the
transfer was prevented by the hands who had taken possession of it as
seculity [security] for the dept. due them. I worked most of the time on
the canal.

Thurs Aug 28. I worked on the canal in the forenoon; in the after-
noon [p. 115] I was reading in my book on the Greek Revolution.

Friday Aug 29. After copying the reports in the morning I had nothing
to do until noon. In the afternoon I went to Louisville to deliver them
and got twenty dollars of Mr. Goodwin and paid it to Mr. Detiste for my
board. It is to be returned to Mr. Goodwin when I draw money on
my wages in October. There was a letter in the post office for Father,
which I [p. 116] remailed for Chillicothe.

Saturday. Aug 30th. In the forenoon I was at work in the office adding
up the measurement of stone lately taken by Carney Sayre & co. In the
afternoon I worked on the canal at the locks where they are making
some heavy blasts.

Sunday. Not much occurred. I stayed home most of the time.

September 1st 1828. In the forenoon there was some rain, but in the
afternoon I went to Louisville to carry Mr. Henry's Boots and buy
[p. 117] him some tobacco, as well as to give to the printer my meteoro-
logical table for August. While I was there I went to see some books
which are to be sold at Auction on Thursday evening next. When on
my way down I went on Clark's Island¹¹⁷ opposite Louisville and found
2 or 3 shells.