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12 Yellow Bud Creek Ohio

Nov 11th Tuesday
Spent part of my time writing Wm - Cut his grind stone
Nov 12 Wednesday
Father left us this morning for Lancaster where 115 miles of canal is to be let on the 14 inst. lock to be constructed of wood; he will probably be home on Sunday next - Finished the grind stone. I followed the meanders of the creek about 1 1/4 of a mile and found several species of Unio...

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13 Yellow bud - Ohio

...one of the genus Cyclas and some univalve shells
Nov 13th Thursday
Went to the Scioto river, distance about one mile from where we live- discovered on the way an ancient artificial mound of an eliptical form about 12 feet high - the earth from one end had been removed and converted into brick, tho. not deep enough to discover any thing of its contents. At the river I collected several species of Unio which are not found...