reft that I had taken fo much pains to fccure 
againft the vermin. 
July 8 . We crofted the creek and rode along a 
rich bottom near the river for two miles, pro- 
ducing moft kinds of our foreft trees, and a 
large fpecies of Scutelaria two feet high : 
thence along the river fide, near a mile N. 20 
deg. E. to the foot of a fertile hill, where 
leaving the river, our way N. E. through 
leveral narrow valleys and over fmall hills, 
generally middling land, yielding oak, hickery, 
chefnut, and fome pine, to the fommit of a 
high hill, where we faw Shamokin Hill, dilu- 
tant four miles only ; going down we came 
to uneven ftony ground producing pitch pine 
and oak, as far as the point of Shamokin Hill , 
whence we had a plealant profped of the fall 
of the river, quite crofs without any great 
Rocks. The ftream runs very fwift, but 
canoes or flat-bottomed boats may go up or 
down well enough : the bottom of this deft- 
cent is vvafhed by Shamokin Creek three rods 
wide , this we forded to a fruitful bottom half 
a mile wide, beyond which, two miles good' 
oak land brought us to the town of Shamo- 
kin. It contains eight cabbins near the river’s 
bank right oppofite the mouth of the weft 
branch that interlocks with the branches of 
Allegheny. It is by means of this neighbour- 
hood that we may reafonably hope, when 
thcfe parts fhall be better known, that a verv 
beneficial 
