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T^lly, Picpyvire - Friday, 'eoterber 18, 1868
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AT JVI 7\" V IETf>* Ci: 1 ULATTO BAYOU rf?T5te~‘fcrr — 1868
■ *5»y rt. ?.oui« ,irJszettcu lYrrir*h<?? th« f oi ovi*-? feet for- -th° C-tate j*r1ofirt:
’’ .*.. -v . • :In several r-laces on our l~ke co^ ft. there are snots, usually
a fc’-*' hundred vr>**s. in {*iareter, whrr* the nc:e^lc cf; thc^ ^ . •
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"* surveyor1 * eo«npae?» loses all at once itr cunning,''
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.’“v^OFclllnte r>ir! round as if nosressoc?..,,	•"
" ■'P'■;%'r£#;f*vrrnl of these olnces are rear ■'■■eft Pearl M v e r, opp o?;, J. t e
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, "Fort v'l p, in the mreh. Another one rer.rc" hc^'e is oiv.<
Daniels' plantation on/Mulatto 2nyou, in a svairt) skirting fcctveen the svftctp nr.'! hifrh lann rfcove the £rent shell t?nk.
The local cause of this rhenor pnon vouli tear interesting question Tor the r-.tnte 'leolosrist to investigate.
1', Jnncs r-.t evens note:
3, j,. r_. V.'ail3s h*d visited tnis area in l8*V?. As yississippl Geoloris.t his notes anr* <?irry hr-ve teen putlirhsd.