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swallowers of mineral waters ; the three or four taverns 

 are at this time completely crowded. Salt was made 

 till latterly at this spring, by an old Scotsman ; he now 

 attends the ferry across the Creek. Not much to be said 

 for the country round here ; it is stony and barren, what 

 I have not seen before in Kentucky. 



537. July \X>th. — To Maysville, or Lime-stone, 24 

 miles. This is a place on the banks of the Ohio, and 

 is a sort of port for shipping down the river to a great 

 part of that district of the state for which Louisville is 

 the shipping port to and from New Orleans. Still hot ; 

 90 degrees again. This is the fifth day ; rather unusual, 

 this continuance of heat. The hot spells as well as the 

 cold spells, seldom last more than three days, prelt}' 

 generally in America. 



538. July \%th. — Hot still, but a fine breeze blowing 

 up the river.' Not a bit too hot for me, but the natives 

 say it is the hottest weather they recollect in this coun- 

 try ; a proof to me that this is a mild climate, as to heat, 

 at any rate. Saw a cat-fish in the market, just caught 

 out of the river by a hook and line, 4 feet long and 

 eighty pounds weiglit, offered for 2 dollars. Price of 

 flour, 6 dollars a barrel ; fresh beef, 6| cents, and 

 butter 20 cents per lb. 



539. July YIth. — Set out again, crossing the Ohio 

 into the state of that name, and take the road to Chilli- 

 cothe, 74 miles from Maysville. Stop about mid-way 

 for the night, travelling over a country generally hilly, 

 and not of good soil, and passing through West Union, 

 a place situated as a town ought to be, upon high and 

 unlevel lands ; the inhabitants have fine air to breathe, 

 and plenty of food to eat and drink, and, if they keep 

 their houses and streets and themselves clean, I will 

 ensure them long lives. Some pretty good farms in 

 view of the road, but many abandoned for the richer 

 lands of Indiana and Illinois. Travelling expenses 

 much less, hitherto, than in Indiana and some parts of 

 Kentucky ; we had plenty of good buttermilk at the 

 farm-houses all along the road, free of expense, and the 

 tavern-keepers do not set before us bread made of 

 Indian corn, which we have not yet learned to like very 

 cordially. 



