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io th Auguft, We fet ouf, the fiin half an 
ourhigh, travelled along a rich hill fide, where 
weobferv’d a pretty many rocks, then down to a 
Licking-place by 8, where our intruder who was 
a good C wavbeforeus fhotatan Elk, and having 
wounded him, purfued him feveral hours. We 
waited his return till i o'clock, Lewis Evans 
took an obfervation here, and found the lat. 
41. a naif Set out again at 3, and travelled 
over fine rich ground by a creek where we 
lodged. I took a fancy to afcend a thirds of 
the height of a neighbouring hill, in the way I 
came to abundance ofloofefton:s,and very crag- 
gy recks, which feemed to threaten impending 
ruin , the foil was black and very rich, full 
of great wild flinging nettles, as far as I went 
I roiled down feveral loofe ftones to make a 
path for my more expeditious return. This 
I found the Indians much difturbed at, for 
they laid it would infallibly produce rain the 
next day, I told them I had fufficient experi- 
ence, it ftgnified nothing, for it was mv com- 
mon pradice to roll down ftones from the top 
of every fteep hill, and could not recoiled: that 
it ever rained tire next day, and that I was al~ 
fnoft fine to morrow would' be a very fair day. 
1 1 th. We got out before fun rife, and rode 
pver very good bottoms of Linden , Poplar and 
j E/w, we killed a rattle fnake, and loon after 
found a patch of Cbamerododendron , at 8 we 
came to a creek winding from between the 
mountains 
