Sharp diary 1918 page 285. Wednesday 9 October 1918 - Burnsville
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Wednesday 9th of October 1918
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In the afternoon wrote letters to Oliver Ditson, Mr Campbell Charles Rabold, Mr McGregor, Miss Whitworth and Mrs Aldrich. Maud was better and against my advice, got up to breakfast. After some trouble found a motor — same man, Owens, who drove me yesterday — and we went out to see Mrs Delie Hughes. The river was too deep for the car and we stuck, drowned out, as to the engine. After some tinkering however we got going again and eventually got to Mrs Hughes, the motor waiting in the lane for us. She sang me several jigs, all very interesting as types but not of great value aesthetically. It was amusing to see her [….?] dancing & singing all at once! Got back, without further mishap, at about 1.30 had lunch, a rest and then moving to a room with a fire wrote the letters mentioned above. Weather still very cold and we were glad to get round the fire after dinner. This was probably my last collecting expedition this year and I suspect my last in the mountains &, probably, in America. In the three seasons 400, 600, and 625, i.e. 1625 tunes in all, a wonderful experience taking it all together.Location
USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]
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