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the county of Gallia. Before these people left 

 Galliopolis they made a considerable quantity of 

 wine, mostly from the native grape. Some of 

 the wine made here, when improved by age, is 

 said to have been of an excellent quality. 



From Galliopolis to the mouth of the Great 

 Scioto are few settlements, excepting the new 

 French settlement : on a tract of 20,000 acres 

 given by Congress to the original French settlers 

 at Galliopolis. This tract extends eight miles on 

 the Ohio river, and is situated nearly opposite 

 the Little Sandy river. Adjoining this land is 

 a grant of 4000 acres, made to Man. Gervis, who 

 has laid out a town upon it, to which he has giv- 

 en the name of Burrsburgh. 



Above the mouth of the Great Scioto is the 

 town of Portsmouth and below it the town of 

 Alexandria, both of which are favourably situa- 

 ted for becoming places of much business. The 

 Scioto is a large and beautiful river. When over- 

 flowed, the waters extend but a small distance 

 from its natural banks. Both sides are bordered 

 with rich bottoms and a great extent of excellent 

 land for culture. It is navigable for Jceel boats 

 to a great distance, and for small craft to a port- 

 age within four miles of Sundusky lake. 



Having gone down the Ohio to the Scioto river, 

 we will now return to Zanesville, on the Mus- 

 kingum, and on the\great road leading from 

 Wheeling to Limestone, in Kentucky. Zanes- 

 ville is situated on the east bank of the Mus- 

 kingum, about eighty-five miles by water from 



