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land in the crops, and the country beautified by 

 a various mixture of woods and fields. 



873. Very good accommodations for travellers 

 the whole of the way. The stage stops to 

 breakfast and to dine, and sleeps where it sups. 

 They literally feasted us every where, at every 

 meal, with venison and good meat of all sorts : 

 every thing in profusion. In one point, how 

 ever, I must make an exception, with regard to 

 some houses : at night I was surprized, in 

 taverns so well kept in other respects, to find 

 bugs in the beds ! I am sorry to say 1 observed 

 (or, rather, felt,} this too often. Always good 

 eating and drinking, but not always good 

 sleeping. 



874. June 4th and 5th. Took a view of 

 Pittsburgh. It is situated between the mouths 

 of the rivers Allegany and Monongahela, at 

 the point where they meet and begin the Ohio, 

 and is laid out in a triangular form, so that two 

 sides of it lie contiguous to the water. Called 

 upon Mr. Bake well, to whom we were intro 

 duced by letter, and who very obligingly satis 

 fied our curiosity to see every thing of impor 

 tance. After showing us through his extensive 

 and well conducted glass works, he rowed us 

 across the Monongahela to see the mines from 

 which the fine coals we had seen burning were 

 brought. These coals are taken out from the 



