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cerning the country in which those animals live. Their 

 haunts have been altogether in that part of Allegany 

 County west of Cumberland, where the lots were laid oflf 

 for the soldiers of the Revolution. 



Allegany County is bounded on the east by Fifteen- 

 Mile Creek and the great Sideling Hill from Mason and 

 Dixon's line south to the Potomac River ; thence up said 

 river, on the south bank of the same, at high-water mark, 

 to its source, where there is a stone planted, called Fair- 

 fax's Stone ; thence, by a due north line, to Mason and 

 Dixon's line ; and thence, along said line east, to the afore- 

 mentioned Sideling Hill. 



The eastern part of this county, between Green Ridge 

 and Town Hill, between Town Hill and Warrior Moun- 

 tain, and between Warrior Mountain and Martin's Moun- 

 tain, is divided into valleys. In these valleys the soil and 

 climate seem much the same ; the former producing fine 

 wheat, corn, tobacco, oats, and rye, as also fruit, which 

 grows luxuriantly ; and decidedly the best peaches I ever 

 met with were grown there. The people residing in these 

 valleys seem to be in the full enjoyment of peace and 

 plenty. 



The western part of this county differs much from the 

 lower part ; the face of the country being more elevated, 

 the climate colder, the water clear and cold, and in all the 

 considerable streams trout are found in abundance. This 

 part of the county is divided by mountains : first, there is 

 Dan Mountain, which runs from north to south, parallel 

 with the Potomac ; then the Savage Mountain, running 

 much the same course, and the Meadow and Negro Moun- 

 tains, also taking the same direction. 



The Dan Mountain obtained its name from the fact that 

 old Mr. Daniel Cresap was the first settler on those fine 

 bottoms along the Potomac ; there he hunted bears, and 

 had S("me encounters with the hostile Indians residing on 



