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mountains on the left, then along a level to 
another from the right, which we crofted to 
our former cabin. Quickly after we reached 
a bad hill, where I firft found the Ginfeng in 
th's journey, the foil was black and light, with 
flat ftones facing the eaft, there we palled by 
p, then over a bottom of laurel and pine to a 
creek we had feveral times crolfed, when ob- 
ftruefed as frequently we were by hills, keep 
ing clofe to the water on the flde we were ri- 
ding. At 10 we left this creek for the fake 
oa Ihorter way than we came, for this pur- 
pole we kept a S. courfe to the top of a high 
bat very poor hill, which we reached about a qr. 
after eleven, and had a profped ftill to a gap 
we were to pafs to the river j the northflde of 
this hill was cloathed with tall fpruce, while 
pine and beech, the top with chefout, ferubby 
oak, and hupkle berries, the S. fide with lhrub, 
honey fuc Icles Our way was now over a 
poor pebble ftoney vale of laurel, Ipruce firr, 
pine, chefnut, and huckle berries, to a Run ol 
water } where we dined on parched meal 
rpixed with water. We left that place at half 
an hour after one, and foon found ourlelves 
much dill re fled by the broad flat ftones on the 
fide of the hill, our way lay over. Our horfes. 
could hardly ftand, but even flipt on their fides 
on our left a rivulet rufhed from a precipice, 
and the mountains were fo fteep and clofe to 
;fs fides, that we were oblidged to climb to the 
