68 Tron Ore.—Roscoe. 
was cast down the placid stream, in search of the coming barge, 
when lo! on the precise day, early in the morning, the boat reached 
the landing at “Campus Martius,” the name of the stockaded fort 
at Marietta, with the General and all the party in safety. 
Tron Ore.—As the canal boat proceeded south, I observed nod- 
ules and blocks of iron ore on the sides and surface of the hills, at 
a much less elevation than at Zoar. Vegetation has made a striking 
change since we descended into the lower portions of the valley. 
The petals of the Cornus florida are fully expanded and beautifully 
white ; while on the summit they are yet quite green, and just be- 
ginning to unfold. ‘The weather is very cool for this season of the 
year, and the forest trees are late in opening their foliage. ‘Towns and 
villages are springing up so rapidly on the borders of the canal, that 
the inhabitants are at a loss for names. ‘To-day we passed one in 
this awkward predicament, which goes by the epithet of “ New- 
comers-town.” We crossed the Walhouding or White woman’s 
river, near its junction with the Tuscarawas. After uniting their 
waters, the stream is called the Muskingum, or “ Elk’s-eye.”” The 
canal crosses the Walhouding in a wooden trunk, supported by two 
abutments and four pillars of masonry, faced with oval buttresses of 
sandstone rock. ‘The stones which compose these huge pillars are 
very large, and rough dressed, projecting beyond the joints, giving 
the appearance of vast strength, and resembling the mural face of a 
natural cliff of sandstone rocks. It looks much better for this pur- 
pose than a smooth dressed stone, and is very creditable to the taste 
of the architect. This stream is about eighty yards wide, and has 
its sources in the northern and central parts of the state, in a very 
fertile region. Vernon river, once known by the euphonous name 
of “ Owl Creek,” is one of its principal tributaries. Kenyon Col- 
lege is situated on this beautiful stream. The Walhouding crosses 
the great siliceous deposit, in the N. W. part of Coshocton County, 
where we now are. I picked up several large fragments of flint and 
hornstone, on the beach, at the foot of the aqueduct. This singular 
and interesting deposit passes through the eastern portion of Holmes 
County, and crosses the Tuscarawas River not far from New Phila- 
delphia, beyond which, easterly, I have no correct knowledge of its . 
course. 
Roscoe.—Just below the aqueduct, is seated the little village of 
Roscoe, on the west side of the Muskingum River. It is a village 
of some importance, and has several mills in operation, 
