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cursory description of the face of the country, 

 soils, and the natural and cultivated productions, 

 beginning at the eastern boundary. 



Near the mouth of the Little Beaver Creek 

 the boundary line between the States of Pennsyl- 

 vania and Ohio, meets the Ohio river, 42 miles 

 below Pittsburgh. Near the creek are some 

 rich bottoms or intervals, but the land back rises 

 into high hills ; on some of them is a good soil 

 and capable of cultivation. There are some 

 handsome farms, producing wheat, rye, barley, 

 oats, flax, hemp and Indian corn. Not far from 

 the mouth of the Little Beaver, a spring has been 

 found, said to rise from the bottom of the river, 

 from which issues an oil which is highly in- 

 flammable, and is called Seneca oil. It resem- 

 bles Barbadoes tar, and is used as a remedy for 

 rheumatic pains. People who have travelled 

 for several days on foot, have found much 

 relief by rubbing this oil over their joints. 



The land from the Little Beaver to the 

 Muskingum, on the Ohio, ascends into high 

 hills, some of them terminating in elevated 

 peaks, but there are frequently, large rich val- 

 lies that intervene, at the base of the hills. 

 Towards the Muskingum the summits of the 

 hills become more broad and fleet. Some of 

 them are free of rocks, and^having a rich soil 

 admit of cultivation. The greater part of these 

 hills may be profitably improved for orchards 

 and grazing of sheep and cattle. As far as 



