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out of the river by a hook and line, 4 feet long 

 and eighty pounds weight, offered for 2 dollars. 

 Price of flour, 6 dollars a barrel ; fresh beef, 

 6k cents, and butter 20 cents per Ib. 



939. July llth. Set out again, crossing the 

 Ohio into the state of that name, and take the 

 road to Chillicothe, 74 miles from Maysville. 

 Stop about mid-way for the night, travelling 

 over a country generally hilly, and not of good 

 soil, and passing through West Union, a place 

 situated as a town ought to be, upon high and 

 unlevel lands; the inhabitants have fine air to 

 breathe, and plenty of food to eat and drink, 

 and, if they keep their houses and streets and 

 themselves clean, I will ensure them long lives. 

 Some pretty good farms in view of the road, 

 but many abandoned for the richer lands of 

 Indiana and Illinois. Travelling expences 

 much less, hitherto, than in Indiana and some 

 parts of Kentucky; we had plenty of good 

 butter-milk at the farm houses all along the road, 

 free of expence, and the tavern-keepers do not 

 set before us bread made of Indian corn, which 

 we have not yet learned to like very cordially. 



940. July 18^. Come to Chillicothe, the 

 country improving and more even as we pro 

 ceed. See some very rich lands on passing 

 Paint Creek, and on approaching the Scioto 

 river; these, like all the bottom lands, having 



