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At half an hour after one we fet out, mid- 
dling oak land but ftony, yet no great rocks ; 
at 2 N. E. then N, good land, a rich bottom 
and flat ftones on rifing ground : we croffed 
the Owagan branch about thirty yards wide. 
Then half a mile to the town fo called, where 
we lodged, there is very good land in this 
neck between the branch and main river. A 
little before fun-fet I walked out of town to 
regulate my journal ; but the gnats were fo 
troublefome I could not reft a minute. The}^ 
bit my hands fo cruelly I was forced to give 
over my purpofe. Thefe are fo troublefome 
from fun-fetting to fun-rifing that we could 
not reft while we were eating our victuals 
without making feveral fires of wet leaves 
round us to keep them off. 
1 8. This morning we fent an Indian with 
a firing of Wampum to Onondago , to aequo int 
them with our coming, and the bufinefs we 
came about, that they might fend meffengers 
to the feveral nations to haften their deputies 
to meet them as foon as pofflble, for this 
town ferves the five nations as Baden does the 
thirteen cantons of Switzerland . with this 
difference, that Onondago is at the fame time the 
capital of a canton. 
We fet out at half an hour after 9, and 
travelled till 6; this day our general courfe 
was N. and N. W. having fine level rich land 
moft of the way, and tall timber oak, birch, 
beech 
