samespot

Updated: July 27, 2026

Twice that day, misled by following the track of the deer, had they returned to the samespot, a deep and lovely glen, which had once been a watercourse, but was now a green and shady valley. This they named the Valley of the Rock, from a remarkable block of red granite that occupied a central position in the narrow defile; and here they prepared to pass their second night on the Plains.

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill - Lost in the Backwoods