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top of that on the weft • here we fuffered our 
horfes to reft while we gathered huckle berries 
to eat, we travelled on the top a good way all 
ftony to the point, which was very narrow, and 
the flat ftones on each fide turned up like the ridge 
of a houfe, this reminded me of Dr. Bur nets 
Theory , and his ingenious Hypothecs , to account 
for the formation of mountains. The defcent 
v/:;-' moderate, the land middling, oak, chelnut 
and buckle-berries : we found a Run here and 
repofed ourfelves for this night, having lupped 
on venifon, fhot by our Indians who left us 
on t,he hill that evening. It was fair and plea- 
fiant, and tire great green grafs-hopper began 
to fing ( Catedidijl ) thefe were the fir ft I ob- 
lerved this year. Before day break it began 
to rain, it lafted about an hour and then ceaf- 
cd. The Indians infilled that was caufed by 
the ftones I rolled down a days ago, I told the 
Antecoque Indians if their oblervations bad 
any truth it fhould have been the day before, 
which was remarkably fair. To this he cuningly 
replyed, that our Almanacks often prognofti- 
rated on a day, and yet the rain did not come 
within two days. 
i ith , This day, the land produced middling 
oak, pitch, pine, and huckleberries, lometimes 
pebblesand a fhailow foil. Wedined on venifon 
(partly our own, and partly given us by the 
Indians) at a deferred town about 7 miles off': 
this is called the trench town, from a French 
woman 
