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next to Pittsburgh, of the towns on the Ohio, 

 in point of manufactures. 



890. We sold our ark, and its produce form 

 ed a deduction from our expences, which, with 

 that deduction, amounted to 14 dollars each, 

 including every thing, for the journey from 

 Pittsburgh to this place, which is upwards of 

 500 miles. I could not but remark the price 

 of fuel here; 2 dollars a cord for Hickory ;r a 

 cord is 8 feet by 4, and 4 deep, and the wood, 

 the best in the world ; it burns much like green 

 Ash, but gives more heat. This, which is of 

 course the highest price for fuel in this part of 

 the country, is only about a fifth of what it is 

 at Philadelphia. 



891. June 1 6th. Left Cincinnati for Louis 

 ville with seven other persons, in a skiff about 

 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. 



892. June 11 th. Stopped at VEVAY, a very 

 neat and beautiful place, about 70 miles above 

 the falls of the Ohio. Our visit here was prin 

 cipally to see the mode used, as well as what 

 progress was made, in the cultivation of the 

 vine, and I had a double curiosity, never hav 

 ing as yet seen a vineyard. These vineyards 

 are cultivated entirely by a small settlement of 

 Swiss, of about a dozen families, who have 

 been here about ten years. They first settled 

 on the Kentucky river, but did not succeed 



