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nals amount to one hundred and eighty four, overcoming a total 

 amount of ascent and descent of one thousand five hundred and for- 

 ty seven feet — eight guard locks — twenty two aqueducts — two hun- 

 dred and forty two culverts one hundred and eighty two of which are 

 of stone masonry and sixty of wood — nine dams for crossing streams 

 and twelve feeder dams." 



Worship. 



May 27. — Morning clear and cool ; Ther. 43°, day fair. This 

 day being the Sabbath, was taken up in attending the Presbyterian 

 Church, and refreshing our minds and bodies with rest. The house 

 was well filled, with a neatly dressed devout and serious audience. 

 The desk was supplied by a Baptist preacher from Cincinnatiy who 

 was attending a conference of his brethren at Old-town, about ten 

 miles south westerly from Circleville, and formerly the seat of old 

 Chilicothe, a large and noted Indian village belonging to a branch of 

 the Shawoenee tribe. This town embraces the usual variety of re- 

 ligious sects found in the west, and a society of the Dutch reformed, 

 who are numerous in this county, and have recently with ceremonies 

 common on such occasions laid the foundations of a stone building 

 for the use of their church. The sabbath is strictly observed here ; 

 which is one of the strongest proofs of a moral and religious com- 

 munity. 



Country to williamsport. 



May 28. — Morning fair. Ther. at 45° day fair, cumuli and cum. 

 strati, at 8, A. M. we crossed the Scioto, at the ferry near the aque- 

 duct, on our way to Williamsport, a small village nine miles west of 

 Circleville, on Deer Creek. The road passes near the canal for 

 half a mile on the low bottom lands, it then rises a little on to the sec- 

 ond bottom, which is a mile in width. The soil is very rich, black 

 and loose j from three, to six feet in depth, based on a substratum of 

 gravel and water worn pebbles. After leaving the bottom lands the 

 country rises considerably and is lightly undulating for three miles, 

 when we reach a tract of country denominated " the great Barrens." 

 This tract is about fifty miles in width and nearly one hundred in 

 length from N. to S. indeed it is said the same formation extends to 

 the "Black Swamp" at the head of Sandusky Bay. The land is 

 level, with occasional wet places fit only for grass ; while other spots 

 produce corn and grain ; by drainage the whole might be brought in- 



