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is more than a mile wide in many places. 

 The woods consist of white and black oaks, 

 walnut, hickory, and sugar-tree, in the 

 greatest abundance. In all parts of the 

 country through which I came, the game 

 was very plenty ; that is to say, deer, tur- 

 keys, and pheasants : I likewise saw a great 

 many vestiges of bears, and some elks. 



" I crossed the river Muskingum about 

 three or four miles below Fort Laurence; 

 and, crossing all paths, aimed for the Ohio 

 river. All this time my food was goose- 

 berries, young nettles, the juice of herbs, a 

 few service- berries, and some May-apples ; 

 likewise, two young blackbirds and a turri- 

 pine, which I devoured raw. When my 

 food sat heavy on my stomach, I used to 

 eat a little wild ginger, which put all to 

 rights. 



" I came upon Ohio river, about five 

 miles below Fort M'Intosh, in the evening 

 of the twenty-first day after I had made my 

 escape; and on the twenty-second, about 

 seven o'clock in the morning (being the 4th 

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