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io th Auguft , We fet out, the fun half an 
ourhigh, travelled along a rich hill fide, where 
we obferv’d a pretty many rocks, then down to a 
Licking-place by 8, where our intruder who was 
a good way before us f hot at an Elk, and having 
wounded him, purfued him feveral hours. We 
waited his return till 2 o’clock, Lewis Evans 
took an obfervation here, and found the lat. 
41. a half. Set out again at 3, and travelled 
over fine rich ground by a creek where we 
lodged. I took a fancy to afcend 2 thirds of 
the height of a neighbouring hill, in the way I 
came to abundance of loofe ftones, and very crag- 
gy rocks, which feemed to threaten impending 
ruin, the foil was black and very rich, full 
of great wild ftinging nettles, as far as I went 
I rolled down feveral loofe ftones to make a 
path for my more expeditious return. This 
I found the Indians much difturbed at, for 
they faid it would infallibly produce rain the 
next day, I told them I had fufficient experi- 
ence, it fignified nothing, for it was my com- 
mon practice to roll down ftones from the top 
of every fteep hill, and could not recoiled! that 
it ever rained the next dav, and that I was al- 
moft fure to morrow would be a very fair day. 
11th, We got out before fun rife, and rode 
over very good bottoms of Linden Poplar , and 
Elm, we killed a rattle fnake, and foon after 
found a patch of Chamerododendron , at 8 we 
came to a creek winding from between the 
mountains 
