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& took up my quarters at Mr. Fells. 



Jun. YJh. Wilkesbarre lays in a most charm- 

 ing situation, the rich and spacious bottom, 

 which the mountains from here, on the Susque- 

 hannah is indeed picturesque — I have not seen a 

 town in Pensylvania so pleasantly situated, as 

 this is. Hairisburg on the Susquehannah is the 

 nearest to it ; but by no means equal in every re- 

 spect ;the newly opened turnpike to Easton, will 

 bring the trade of the upper part of this river into 

 the Delaware, as the land carriage of all kind of 

 produce will be easier, than the very difficult 

 water carriage down the River. 



Early this morning Mr. Fell, who had got an 

 Idea of my pursuits introduced me to Mr. Jacob 

 Hart an acquaintance of Dr. Barton, who expect- 

 ed to see a letter in my hands directed to him. 

 Mr. Hart told me that he at his journey to 

 Philada. had heard of my coming to that place, 

 & offered me very kindly all assistance in his 

 power, to forward the intend of my journey. I 

 soon got into conversation with him about the 

 petrefactions of shells & he proposed a walk along 

 the river where he would show me plenty, Ac- 

 cordingly we took a walk about 10. o'clock : The 

 impressions of the shells are plenty fully in a kind 

 of loose Iron Ochre stone, it is the nature of slate 

 & opens almost any way, you would wish, some 

 of the shells are very well preserved, while others 

 fall to pieces as soon as opened. — I layd by some 

 of the best specimens as I intended to have an 

 other walk along the shore, on purpose to collect 

 some : On the rocks here I observed a species 

 of Galium foliis quaternis liniari lanceolatis, nor- 



