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afterwards we traveled feveral miles on its 
S. W. fide, where we enjoyed a fine profpect 
of a fpacions rich vale on onr left hand. On 
this hill we faw a lime ftone a little bigger 
than my head, which is rare in thefe parts. 
We entered the vale at 5, then croffed a 
run and rode along a rich level for feveral 
miles, and under the delightful protection of 
very tall trees that brought us to a creek, a 
branch of Sufquehanah , where we lodged fur- 
rounded by ginfeng. 
qth, This was a fine day, and our traveling 
cool, becaufe fhady, and the gooseberries being 
now ripened, we were every now and then 
tempted to break off a bough and divert our- 
felves with picking them, tho’ on horfe- 
back. 
5M, This morning was clear and cool, and 
now our journey was truly charming, it is 
fcarce poffible to think the advantage we had 
in returning from the fingle circumftance of 
being free from thofe fmall gnats that tor- 
mented us in our going fo grievoufly. But 
our return being moftly in the fame path, it 
will be needlefs to defcribe the land or its 
productions again. 
6 th , We fet out an hour before funrife, the 
morning clear, at half an hour after ten we 
reached Owagan , and turned our horfes to 
grafs, while we flopped at a cabin. The 
Squaw brought in a bowl of huckle-berries, 
to 
