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a coat of sediment from their river in addition 

 to the original 'soil, are by far the richest. 

 Chillicothe is a handsome town, regularly laid 

 out, but, stands upon a flat. 1 hate the very 

 sight of a level street, unless there be every 

 thing necessary tQ carry off all filth and water. 

 The air is very fine, so far as it is not contami 

 nated by the pools of water which stand about 

 the town as green as grass. Main sewers, like 

 those at Philadelphia, are much wanted. 



941. July Wth. Called upon Mr. Bond, 

 being introduced by letter, and spent a very 

 pleasant evening with him and a large party of 

 his agreeable friends. Left them, much pleased 

 with the society of Chillicothe. 



942. July 20th. We were introduced to 

 Governor Worthington, who lives about 2 

 miles from the town. He took us to his house, 

 and showed us part of his fine estate, which is 

 800 acres in extent, and all of it elevated table 

 land, commanding an immense view over the 

 flat country in the direction of Lake Erie. The 

 soil is very rich indeed ; so rich, that the Go 

 vernor pointed out a dung heap which was 

 bigger than the barn it surrounded and had 

 grown out of, as a nuisance. The labour of 

 dragging the dung out of the way, would be 

 more than the cost of removing the barn, so 

 that he is actually going to pull the barn down, 



