of white Pine, very lofty and fo clofe, that 
the Sun could hardly fhine through ; at the 
end of this the two branches joined. Riding a 
little further, we paffed through a gap of a 
moderate hill, north by the creek fide where 
we found a fifhing place, moftly a deep hole 
near a rock ; there we went weft on the north 
fide of the creek, and dined at what is called 
the Double Eagle. The land hereabouts is 
middling white oak and huckleberry land, 
and by the creek finds pretty good wild grafs, 
and the 2d branch enters about 30 rood below ; 
having croffed this, we went up a vale of 
middling foil, covered with high oak Timber, 
nearly weft to the top of the hill, (moft of 
the wa3^ being a white clay under a shallow 
furface), where we firft obferved the impref- 
fion of fhells in fome of the loofe ftones, and 
from whence we had a fair profpedl of the 
river Sufquehanah. 
The defect from hence foon brought us to 
Mohony , our lodging for this night. Here the 
foil is very good throughout the neck, formed 
by the river aud the creek, which is about 3 
poles wide. It rained this night through our 
old, tho’ newly eredted lodging, which was 
an Indian Cabin that we took the liberty to 
remove, knowing they ufually leave behind 
them a good ftock of fleas on the ground they 
iuhabit; however, the wet deprived me of my 
reft 
