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about 12 miles and camped near a pond called our resting
place Camp Mosquito for we were woefully tormented by those
pests
Our horses were worsted by their sojourn in Tampa
they had nothing but shelled corn to eat and water they
were in a lot with barren white sand under their feet they
looked gaunt and rough & hollow to a miserable degree I
paid for the corn used by our horses (5 bus bot of Mikay)
$10.00 1/4 lb tea at Mobleys Drug Store 5 cts washing
$1.00 paper for Dr Feays herbarium 75 ferriage $5

Thursday Nov 2d
We bought 6 bundles of fodder from some negro wagoners
who camped near us left Camp Mosquito at 6.60 A M I
killed a fox squirrel just as we started During the day
we started 5 deer close to the road one a noble buck saw a
beautiful red eagle with a white head & tail bald Eagle
feeding on some carrion with a lot of buzzards he looked
like a gentleman in low bad company We stopped at
Higginbothams and got some fodder & Hayti potatoes at
Mrs Whitfields and got 12 bdles fodder We reached Mr
McGealeys at night snd got our frying pan which we forgot
there going down struck Camp near his house Bought some
fresh beef and some butter from him had a fine supper Paid
to negro at Camp Mosuito for fodder .25 to Mrs Higginbotham
for fodder & potatoes .50 to Mrs Whitfield for 12 bundles
fodder .50 to Mr Mc Gealey for beef and butter .75