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top of that on the weft ; here we fuffered our 
horfes to reft while we gathered huckle berries 
to eat, we travelled on the top a good way all 
ftony to the point, which was very narrow, and 
the flat ftones on each fide turned up like the ridge 
of a houfe, this reminded me of Dr. Burnets 
Theory , and his ingenious Hypothesis, to account 
for the formation of mountains. The defcent 
was moderate, the land middling, oak, chefnut 
and huckle-berries : we found a Run here and 
repofed ourfelves for this night, having fupped 
on venifon, fhot by our Indians who left us 
on the hill that evening. It was fair and plea- 
fant, and the great green grafs-hopper began 
to fing ( Catedidift ) thefe were the firft I ob- 
ferved this year. Before day break it began 
to rain, it lafted about an hour and then ceaf- 
ed. The Indians infifted that it was caufed by 
the ftones I rolled down 2 days ago, I told the 
Antecoque Indians if their obfervations had 
any truth it fhould have been the day before, 
which was remarkably fair. To this he cunningly 
replyed, that our Almanacks often prognofti- 
cated on a day, and yet the rain did not come 
within two days. 
~L 2 ,th, This day, the land produced middling 
oak, pitch, pine, and huckleberries, fometimes 
pebbles and a f hallow foil. We dined on venifon 
(partly our own, and partly given us by the 
Indians) at a deferted town about 7 miles off, 
this is called the French town, from a French 
woman 
