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men, very well informed, and possessing great know- 

 ledge as to their own country, evincing public spirit in 

 all their actions, and hospitality and kindness in all their 

 demeanour ; but, it' they be pensioners, male or female, 

 or sinecure place lords or ladies, I have yet come across, 

 thank God, no respectable people. 



489. Cincinnati is a very fine town, and elegantly 

 (not only in the American acceptation of the word) 

 situated on the banks of the river, nearly opposite to 

 Licking Creek, which runs out of Kentucky, and is a 

 stream of considerable importance. The country round 

 the town is beautiful, and the soil rich ; the fields in its 

 immediate vicinity bear principally grass, and clover of 

 different sorts, the fragrant smell of which perfumes the 

 air. The to\vn itself raiiks next to Pittsburgh, of the 

 towns on the Ohio, in point of manufactures. 



490. We sold our ark, and its produce formed a de- 

 duction from our expenses, which, with that deduction, 

 amounted to 14 dollars each, including every thing, for 

 the journey from Pittsburgh to this place, which is up- 

 wards of 500 miles. I could not but remark the price 

 of fuel here ; 2 dollars a cord for Hickory ; a cord is 

 8 feet by 4, and 4 deep, and the wood, the best in the 

 world ; it burns much like green Ash, but gives more 

 heat. This, which is of course the highest price for 

 fuel in this part of the country, is only about a fifth of 

 what it is at Philadelphia. 



491. June Wth. — Left Cincinnati for Louisville with 

 seven other persons, in a skiff about 20 feet long and 

 5 feet >\ide. 



492. June I7th. — Stopped at Vevay, a very neat 

 and beautiful place, about 70 miles above the falls of 

 the Ohio. Our visit here was principally to see the 

 mode used, as well as what progress was made, in the 

 cultivation of the vine, and I had a double curiosity, 

 never having as yet seen a vineyard. These vineyards 

 are cultivated entirely by a small settlement of Swiss, of 

 about a dozen families, who have been here about ten 

 years. They first settled on the Kentucky river, but 

 aid not succeed there. They plant the vines in rows, 

 attached to stakes like espaliers, and they plough be- 

 ween with a one-horse plough. The grapes, which are 



