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of white Pine, very lofty aiid lo dole, that 
the San could hardly fhine through ; at the 
end of this the two branches joined. Riding a 
little farther, we pafled through a gap of a 
moderate hill, north by the creek fide, where 
we found a filhing place, moftly a deep hole 
near a rock ; there we went weft on the north 
fide of the creek, and dined at what is called 
the Double Eagle. The land hereabouts is 
middling white oak and huckleberry land, 
and by the creek fide pretty good wild graft, 
and the 3d branch enters about 30 rood below- 
having crofted this, we went up a vale of 
middling foil, covered with high oak Timber, 
nearly weft to the top of the hill, (moft of 
the way being a white clay under a fhallow 
furface), where we firft obferved the imprel- 
fion of fhells in Ibme of the loole ftones, and 
from whence we had a fair profpccl of the 
river Su(quehanah. 
The defcent from hence foon brought us to 
Mohony, our lodging for this night. Here the 
foil is very good throughout the neck, formed 
by the river and the creek, which is about 3 
poles wide. It rained this night through our 
old, tho’ newly eroded lodging, which was 
an Indian Cabin that we took the liberty to 
remove, knowing they ufually leave behind 
them a good flock of fleas on the ground they 
inhabit; however, the wet deprived me cf mv 
