188 May 1874 milled into a full chorus & the transition from day to night was complete. The whistle of an locomotive & the rumbling rush of this train warned us that we had seen the last of West Va. & after putting our own trunks aboard P.O.P.R. station we soon fell asleep in our berths. I must not omit to note that one of Antioch heard this evening regularly finished his song by omitting the preliminary syllable on the last half dozen notes. They poor will & poor will d.c. single Chorus. Station was heard here. May 10 Clear, warm & in fact a summer day. Obs. at noon about 85°. Awoke this morning to find the train running down the E. side of the mountains through other more cultivated country. Harpers Ferry was soon reached; The scenery was far decidedly the finest one had encountered, though still lacking that varied variety of outline & wilderness of feature that makes our N.C. Mountains so grand, the hills rose like artificial walls on either side to a vast height. From the perpendicular face of this opposite cliff (as the train stopped for a moment) came the rapidly enunciated two de dee two de dee two de dee of the throats & I suppose the little fellow must han