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growth is large. Excellent farms are made 

 back from the Ohio on both the Hockhockings, 

 and on their branches where there are large bot- 

 toms, and rich swelling hills. 



On the Great Hockhocking thirty miles from 

 the Ohio, are the two college townships granted « 

 by Congress to the Ohio company for the en- 

 dowment of a University. Athens, one of 

 these townships, is beautifully situated on a 

 bend of the river, commanding an extensive 

 prospect. The settlements commenced in 

 1797. The town is laid out in a regular form ; 

 the never failing springs of excellent water are 

 numerous ; and the soil extremely rich and fer- 

 tile. The number of families in the town sup- 

 posed to be about one hundred. An act incor- 

 porating the university was granted in 1801. A 

 building has been erected for the instruction of 

 youth, who are at present under the care of a 

 preceptor. The bottom lands on this river are 

 more extensive and of a better quality than those 

 on the Muskingum. 



On this river thirty miles from Athens and five 

 miles beyond the line of the Ohio company's 

 purchase, are falls commodiously situated for any 

 kind of water works. The descent of the water is 

 nine feet, and the stream never fails at any season 

 of the j-ear. Above the falls, the land on both 

 sides the river, is level and rich. There the hills 

 flatten off into extensive plains. 



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