the hill to the north-east of Meridian. The ground is a rule sand & heavy soil but in place of Keame rocky able on the top of the hill quite sandy. Left Meridian for Shufuta at 4.15 arriving at 5.50 P.M, Oct 21-96 Sunday Shufuta Miss. Collected plants are dry along the rail road and given south of that place. The flora here is quite a large one & in places there is a profusion of flowers. This is particularly true of the large yellow aster. The sensitive plants are beautifully in blossom. Oct 22-96 Monday Collected fossils in the morning in the stream about 1/2 mile south of Shufuta, in the afternoon attended to playing