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484. June 10//t. — Pass several fine coal mines, which, 

 like those at Pittsburgh, Steubenville, Wheeling and 

 other places, are not above 50 yards from the river and 

 are upwards of 10 yards above high water. The river 

 now becomes more winding than we have hitherto found 

 it. It is sometimes so serpentine that it appears before 

 and behind like a contiiniation of lakes, and the hills 

 on its banks seem to be the separations. Altogether, 

 nothing can be more beautiful. 



485. Jane Wth. — A very hot day, but I could not 

 discover the degree of lieaf. On going along we bought 

 two Perch, weighing about 8 lbs. each, for 25 cents, of 

 a boy who was fishing. Fish of this sort will sometimes 

 weigh 30 lbs. each. 



48(j. June 12th. — Pass Portsmouth, at the mouth of 

 the Scioto River. A sort of village, containing a hun- 

 dred or two of houses. Not worthy of any particular 

 remark. 



487. Ju7ie 13th. — Arrived at Cincinnati about mid- 

 night. Tied our ark to a large log at the side of the 

 river, and went to sleep. Before morning, however, the 

 fastening broke, and, if it had not been for a watchful 

 hack-woodsman whom we had taken on board some 

 (hstance up the river, we might have floated ten or fif- 

 teen miles without knowing it. Tliis back-woodsman, 

 besides being of much service to us, has been a very en- 

 tertaining companion. He sa^s he has been in this 

 country forty years, but that he is an Englishman, and 

 was bred in Sherwood Porest (he could not have come 

 from a better nursery). All his adventures he detailed 

 to us very minutely, but dwelt with particular warmth 

 upon one he had had with a priest, lately, who, to spite 

 him fur preaching, brouglit an action against him, but 

 was cast and had to pay costs. 



Hr488. June 1 l//t and loth. — Called upon Doctor 

 Drake and upon a Mr. Bosson, to whom we had letters. 

 These gentlemen shewed us the greatest civility, and 

 treated us with a sort of kindness which must have 

 changed the opinion even of the English officer whom 

 we saw at Pittsburgh, had he been with us. I could 

 tell that dirty hireling scout, that even in this short space 

 of time, I have had the pleasure to meet many gentle- 



