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by a ridge, over which it could not run, & 

 through which there was no opening to go 

 through ; but when T came to the mill I was very 

 agreeably surprised, by seeing the water fall 

 down a precipice nearly perpenticulare to the 

 depth of above 300. feet in a deep gloomy hollow 

 all at once ; I was anxious of getting down to the 

 bottom, which I with some difficulty dit & indeed 

 a more romantick scene I never beheld ; the vege- 

 tation is chiefly. Hemlock &Mapple— I observed 

 here a beautifull species of Hypnum, which cov- 

 ers the ground : Pyrola secunda & umbellata in 

 great plenty : Lycopodium serratum & complana- 

 tum likewise :— Nothing new in vegetation— I 

 expected to find some impressions here, as the 

 bed of the brook looked somewhat like slate ob- 

 served at Wilkesbarre but I turned up several 

 stones and found none.— The rocks consist of 

 of a grey slate, which sometimes gives very good 

 wetstones. 



This hollow follows the run with very steep 

 banks as far as I dit trace it ; From here, after 

 having my curiosity satisfied I proceeded down 

 the hill again & arrived at night at Onondaga. 

 In my way there I observed Onosmodium-Ama- 

 ranthus albus, &c. 



14 ) These three davs being very much in- 



15. [ terrupted with rain T dit but little go out ; 



16. ) & when I dit seen nothing worth notic- 

 ing : _My anxiety of getting away from here is 

 beyond all description. 



17. This day all the place was alive with the 



