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952. July 25tfA. Leave Zanesville for Pitts- 

 burg, keeping to the United States road ; stop 

 at Cambridge, 25 miles. During the first eight 

 miles we met 10 waggons, loaded with emi 

 grants. 



953. July zetk. Stop at Mr. Broadshaw's, a 

 very good house on the road, 25 miles from Cam 

 bridge. This general government road is by 

 no means well laid out; it goes straight over 

 the tops of the numerous little hills, up and 

 down, up and down. It would have been a 

 great deal nearer in point of time, if not in dis 

 tance (though I think it would that, too), if a 

 view had been had to the labour of travelling 

 over these everlasting unevennesses. 



954. July 27th. To Wheeling in Virginia, 

 31 miles. They have had tremendous rains in 

 these parts, we hear as we pass along, lately ; 

 one of the creeks we came over has overflown 

 so as to carry down a man's house with him 

 self and his whole family. A dreadful catas 

 trophe, but, certainly, one not out of the man's 

 power to have foreseen and prevented ; it sur 

 prizes me that the people will stick up their 

 houses so near the water's edge. Cross Wheel 

 ing Creek several times to-day; it is a rapid 

 stream, and I hope it will not be long before it 

 turns many water-wheels. See much good 

 land, and some pretty good farming. 



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