considerable C[illegible]mande Cinnamon trees in fruit. Nearly every June over 4 inches diameter is scarfed for pitch. Miles on miles have been felled & killed: Grass comes in, but usually no new growth of pine. The grass is coarse and poor feed. Cows in milk could be easily carried by two men & cows made until you can see nothing but weeds and back-dive, to feed on if. At Jacksenville the water hyacinth clings among the piles, floats up and down the rivers; gathers in bayous in great rafts, all in full bloom and One esthetic person has a garden 1/4, all