3 i6 June 174.9. 



flones either on the ground, or on the 

 ibfter more ; and both fides of the river 

 when they were not hilly, were covered 

 with tall elms, American lime-trees, fugar- 

 mapies, beeches, hiccory-trees, fome water- 

 beeches, and white walnu* trees. 



On our left we faw an old fortification of 

 flones laid above one another ; but nobody 

 could tell me whether the Indians or the 

 Europeanshzd built it. 



We had rowed very fait all the afternoon, 

 in order to get forward ; and we thought that 

 we were upon the true road, but found our- 

 felves greatly miftaken : for towards night 

 we obferved, that the reeds in the river bent 

 towards us, which was a mark that the river 

 likewife flowed towards us ; whereas, if 

 we had been on the true river, it mould 

 have gone with us. We likewife obferved, 

 from the trees which lay acrofs the river, 

 that nobody had lately paffed that way, 

 though we fhould have feen the fteps of the 

 Frenchmen in the grafs along the fhore, when 

 they brqught their boat over thefe trees. 

 At laft, we plainly fiw that the river flowed 

 againft us, by feveral pieces of wood which 

 floated flowly towards us ; and we were con- 

 vinced, that we had gone twelve Eng/i/h 

 miles, and upwards, upon a wrong river, 

 which obliged us to return, and to row till 



very 



