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540. Juli/ 18^A.— 'Come to Chillicothe, the country 

 improving and more e\en as we proceed. See some 

 very rich lands on passing Paint Creek, and on ap- 



f)roaching the Scioto river; these, like all the bottom 

 ands, having a coat of sediment from their river in ad- 

 dition to the original soil, are by far the richest. Chil- 

 licothe is a handsome tOMn, regularly laid out, but 

 stands upon a flat. I hate the very sight of a level 

 street, unless there be every thing necessary to carry 

 off all filth and water. The air is very fine, so far as it 

 is not contaminated by the pools of water which stand 

 about the town as green as grass. Main sewers, like 

 those at Philadelphia, are much wanted. 



541. July \9th. — Called upon Mr. Bond, beino- in- 

 troduced by letter, and spent a very pleasant evening 

 Mith him and a large party of his agreeable friends. 

 Left them, much pleased with the society of Chillicothe. 



542. July 2,0th. — We were introduced to Governor 

 Worthington, who lives about 2 miles from the town. 

 He took us to his house, and showed us part of his fine 

 estate, Avhich is 800 acres in extent, and all of it ele- 

 vated table land, commanding an immense view over 

 the flat country in the direction of Lake Erie. The 

 soil is very rich indeed; so rich, that the Governor 

 pointed out a dung heap which was bigger than the 

 Darn it surrounded and had grown out of, as a nuisance. 

 The labour of dragging the dung out of the way, would 

 be more than the cost of removing the barn, so that he 

 is actually going to pull the barn down, and build it up 

 again in another place. This is not a peculiarity of 

 this particidar spot of land, for manure has no value 

 here at all. All the stable-dung made at ChiHicothe 

 is flung into the river. 1 dare say, that the Inn we put 

 up at does not tumble into the water less than 300 good 

 loads of horse-dung every 3 ear. 



543. I had some conversation with Governor Wor- 

 thington on the subject of domestic manufactures, and 

 was glad to find he is well convinced of the necessity 

 of, or at least of the great benefit that would result 

 from, the general est^iblishment of them in the United 

 States. He has frequently recommended it in hi.s 

 public capacity, he informed me, and I hope he will 



