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The land back from the Ohio is best for. 

 farms. The hills diminish in height and size, 

 and though interspersed with ridges and swel- 

 ling hills, a large portion of the ground is suffi- 

 ciently level for all the purposes of cultivation, 

 Much of the land on hills and ridges is arable, 

 and admits of easy tillage, having a rich and 

 deep soil ; and most ©f the ridgy and rough 

 lands may be made useful for grazing and 

 orchards. From the eastern boundary to the 

 river Scioto, the same growth of trees and 

 shrubs which have been mentioned gerierally 

 prevail ; although the different kinds grow more 

 plentifully on some lands, than they do on 

 others, and in several places there are consider- 

 able growths of pine. In the tract of land called 

 the seven ranges there are some hills and ridges 

 which are high and form steep precipices. In 

 chis kind of land the soil is thin, and growth 

 small, consisting of oak and hickory, the sum- 

 mits of the hills tufted with pine. On the 

 seven ranges there are few inhabitants, except- 

 ing near the Ohio. These people are princi- 

 pally emigrants from Pennsylvania. 



The great road from Cumberland on the 

 Potomac river, commonly called the United 

 States road, crosses the Ohio at Wheeling, 

 where there is a distributing post-office, that 

 receives and despatches the mail once a week to 

 the westward, and twice a week to the eastward, 

 Where this road leaves the Ohio it takes a 



