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mountains on the left, then along a level to 
another from the right, which we croffed to 
our former cabin. Quickly after we reached 
a bad hill, where I firft found the Ginfeng in 
this journey, the foil was black and light, with 
flat ftones facing the eaft, there we paffed by 
9, then over a bottom of laurel and pine to a 
creek we had feveral times croffed, when ob- 
ftrudled as frequently we were by hills, keep- 
ing clofe to the water on the fide we were ri- 
ding. At io we left this creek for the fake 
of a fhorter way than we came, for this pur- 
pofe we kept a S. courfe to the top of a high 
but very poor hill, which we reached about a qr. 
after eleven, and had a profpedt ftill to a gap 
we were to pafs to the river; the northfide of 
this hill was cloathed with tall fpruce, while 
pine and beech, the top with chefnut, fcrubby 
oak, and huckle berries, the S. fide with fhrub, 
honeyfuckles &c. Our way was now over a 
poor pebble ftoney vale of laurel, fpruce firr, 
pine, chefnut, and huckle berries, to a Run of 
water ; where we dined on parched meal 
mixed with water. We left that place at half 
an hour after one, and foon found ourfelves 
much diftreffed by the broad flat ftones on the 
fide of the hill our way lay over. Our horfes. 
could hardly ftand, but even flipt on their tides 
on our left a rivulet rufhed from a precipice, - 
and the mountains were fo fteep and clofe to 
its tides, that we were oblidged to climb to the 
top 
