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This day was warm, and feveral fhowers paffed 
by to the fouthward. 
jotk, Three of the Mohawks arrived, this 
nation dwells fartheft within the province of 
New-York , and to the fouthward of the river 
known by their name ; abundance of whites 
live among them, and as they are the beft 
acquainted with the manners of the Englifh , 
fo they have at all times fhewn the moft fteady 
affedlion to our people, I am forry to fay, 
their morals are little if at all mended by 
their frequent intercourfe with us Chriftians, 
tho’ I am perfuaded it is not the fault of our 
religion but its profeffors, perhaps this may 
be efteemed a principal canfe why they are 
become lefs numerous than any of their con- 
federates. 
This morning after breakfaft, I went to 
the eaft hill, and found a fine fpring on the 
weft fide, furrounded with Arbor Vitce, fome 
a foot diameter, this water is of fuch a petri- 
fying nature, that as it runs among the fallen 
leaves it in crufts them and petrifies in great 
ftones as big as one can well lift; there was 
a great piece of ground covered with them, 
which had turned the water-courfe feveral 
times, I have feen three of thefe fprings in my 
travels; one on the other fide of Potomack 
and one up Delawars at Menefinks ; this hill 
is good, limeftone land, producing fugar ma- 
ple, elms, beech, and fome white pine, which 
I laft 
