The 29th in the evening crossed the Creeks and slept in the Wood near the road at a place where Reeds or Canes were growing in abundance. This species of grass which grows abundantly in many places which have not been settled, is destroyed when completely eaten by Cattle; Swine also destroy it by rooting in the earth and breaking the roots. The stalk is sometimes as thick as a goose quill, but in the rich lands bordering on the rivers and between the mountains, some stalks are as much as 2 and even three inches in diameter; the height is sometimes from 25 to 30 feet. This grass is ramose but it seldom bears fruit in the territory of Kentuckey, in that of Tenesee or in that of the Carolinas. This grass begins in the southern and maritime portion of Virginia. Further South as in the Carolinas, in the Floridas and in Lower Louisiana, this grass is found in abundance.[171] Snow fell throughout the night and on the following morning my two Horses that had been tied had their legs swelled in consequence of the cold and of the continually muddy roads over which I had traveled the previous day. The 1st of March 1796 arrived at Fort Blount situated on the Cumberland River.[172] Snow continued to fall during a part of the day. The 2nd remained over in order to pull young Shoots of a new Sophora[173] I had remarked in the vicinity of Fleen’s [Flinns] creek about 12 Miles from the Fort. Snow covered the ground and I was unable to get any young Shoots but Captain Williams, the young [officer] stationed in the Fort cut down some trees and I found some good seeds. I also pulled up some roots of those trees to replant them in my garden in Carolina. The same day I had occasion to write to Governor Blount. The 3rd of March continued my journey; crossed Fleen’s Creek several times. Saw again the small bulbous umbelliferous plant I had remarked some days previously. Toward evening the road was less muddy. The 4th arrived at the Mountains called Cumberland mountains. The 5th passed several Creeks and Rivers on which is an abundance of a climbing Fern of the genus....[174] The land through which these rivers flow is less fertile than the territory of Nashville or Cumberland settlement and two-leaved Pines are found there in abundance. Sunday 6th of March 1796 arrived at West Point on the Clinch River. The 7th slept at a distance of 15 Miles near the junction of the Houlston river with that called Tenesee. The 8th arrived at Knoxville. The 9th Dined with Governor William Blount. The 10th took my lodgings in the house of Captain Louné near the Cumberland river.[175] The 11th herborised on the opposite bank bordered by steep rocks covered with _Saxifrage_, _bulbous umbellifera_ etc. The 12th continued to herborise. Sunday the 13th, Visited Captain Richard, Commandant of the garrison. The 14th herborised; saw in bloom, _Anemone hepatica_; _Claytonia Virginica_; _Sanguinaria_.