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34 [drawing of house]
through Maryland as for [as?] Rockville was pleasant
althrough their was something new to the seen as I hed
been on the road this [for?] before get the novelty of the
scheme gave interest to the surrondings. The country
above the town of Rockville for a while was quite fertile
in appearance but soon the Blue Ridge mountain came
into view od the country was generally very rough & hills
a few villages were passed nested in between the
hills Hagerstown [Junetown?] was passed and after going
through several tunnels the train crossed Ferry the Potomac
& arrived at the beautiful town of [Harthers?] Ferry which
is noted as a place of historical interest I looked out
to the window as we passed in [?] of the famous
John Brown fort of the U.S. Army but I could
not discover anything which I thought had the ap
pearance of either of those [?] relies interestingly
a pretty place [?] a much large place [?-]
[-?] & was certainly a much longer place than
I has supposed it was from the [cats?} I had seen
of it in [before?] books & photography. About 12 {?}
the city of [Bastimeburg?] was reached after passing
over a great amount of rough & barren looking
country a stop of about twenty minutes was made in
front of a large hotel. The sun which had been ap
peared undecided whether to shine or to remain
hidden & have some bad weather now came out
brilliantly & lighted up the many hills and valleys