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finely situated for manufactures, in a nook of the 

 Muskinghaui, just opposite to the mouth of Licking 

 Creek. It has ahnost every advantage for manu- 

 facturing of all sorts, both as to local situation and as 

 to materials ; it excels Wheehng and Steubenville, in 

 many respects, and, in some, even Pittsburgh. The 

 river gives very fine falls near the town, one of them 

 of 12 feet, where it is 600 feet wide ; the creek, too, 

 falls in by a fine cascade. What a power for ma- 

 chinery ! I should think that as much effect might be 

 produced by the power here afforded as by the united 

 manual labour of all the inliabitants of the state. The 

 navigation is very good all the way up to the town, and 

 is now continued round the falls by a canal with locks, 

 so that boats can go nearly close up to Lake Erie. 

 The bowels of the earth afford coal, iron ore, stone, 

 free stone, lime-stone, and claj/s : all of the best, 

 I beheve, and the last, the very best yet discovered in 

 this country, and, perhaps, as good as is to be found 

 in any country. All these materials are ibund in ine.\- 

 haustible quantities in the hills and little ridges on the 

 sides of the river and creek, arranged as if placed by 

 the hand of man for his own use. In short, this place 

 has the four elements in the greatest perfi?ction that I 

 have any where } et seen in America. As to manu- 

 factures, it is, like Wheeling and Steubenville, nothing 

 in comparison to Pittsburg. 



547. Nature has done her part ; nothing is left want- 

 ing but machines to enable the people of Ohio to keep 

 their flour at home, instead of exporting it, at their 

 own expense, to support those abroad who are indus- 

 trious enough to send them back coats, knives, and 

 cups and saucers. 



548. Jiilif IBnl. — All day at Zanesville. Spent 

 part of it very agreeably with Mr. Adams the post- 

 master, and old Mr. Dillon who has a large iron foun- 

 dery near this. 



549. Julif 2ith.—Go with IMr. Dillon about 3 miles 

 up the Creek, to see his mills and iron-foctory es- 

 tablishment. He has here a very fine water-fall, of 

 18 feet, giving immense power, by which be works a 



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