Thursday, August 21st, 1823 - [Douglas spends the day botanising on the New Jersey Pine Barrens - a heavily forested area of relatively infertile sandy soil. Despite close proximity to major urban metropolises the pine barrens remain remarkably rural. Douglas has pretty slim pickings from his botanising and finally....] At 5 o'clock pm left Burlington by steamboat and
arrived at Philadelphia 7 evening
This is at least the third time Douglas has
travelled by steamboat on this expedition; steamboat river travel must now be a
well-established mode of transport, at least in the eastern USA
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