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ginfeng and ataliathun in abundance, then 
kept generally an eaft courfe, Having feveral 
Hollows and fteep afcents and over many 
boggy _ rotten places, fome laurels and very 
high timber, then down the fide of a Hill to 
an old beaver dam, over wHicH we paffed, 
and then over a large level of very good 
ground, tall timber and abundance of leather- 
bark or thymelea , wHicH is plentiful in all this 
part^ of the country. Our lodging was in this 
fpacious flat. 
The 15 th, We fet out a N. B. courfe, and 
paffed by very thick and tall timber of beacH, 
chefnut, linden asH, great magnolia, fugar- 
birch, fugar-maple, poplar, fpruce and fome 
white pine, with ginfeng and maidenhair ; 
the foil black on the furface, and brown un- 
derneath, the ftones a brown grit, the way very 
uneven over fallen trees, abundance of Hollows, 
and Heaps of earth, turned up by the roots 
of proftrate timber: Hence it is that the fur- 
face is principally compofed of rotten trees, 
roots, and mofs, perpetually fhaded, and for 
the moft part wet, what falls is conftantly 
rotting and rendring the earth loofe and fpungy, 
this tempts abundance of yellow wafps to 
breed in it, which were very troublefome 
to us throughout our journey, on the branches 
of Sufquehanah our courfe this day was gene- 
rally eaft, and we got through this difrnal 
wildernefs about two hours before funfet, and 
came 
