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5 of us rode over a great rattle fnake Unfeen 
and unhurt. I perceived him juft as my 
mare was over him ; a little further we 
faw another juft by us. We travelled till near 
fun fet, when 2 of our Indians were taken 
with a bad fit of an ague, this obliged us to 
encamp by the river, where our horfes had 
excellent food. At about 20 rods from it I faw 
a bank much higher up, being near 30 feet 
perpendicular above the furface of the water, 
raifed gradually to this height by the frequent 
floods, which this weftern branch is much fubjedt 
too. Thus by fand continually heaped upon the 
firm fand, it is become a ftrong fand bank. 
14th, We paffed through an old town, 
where we found plumbs, peaches, and noble 
clufters of large grapes growing, very deep in 
fand, left about them by the flood I menti- 
oned juft now; a little farther the land was 
rich and low, covered with high weeds 
and grafs, with locuft, linden, walnut and elm, 
the higher land with elm and oak. At n 
o’clock we reached Shamokin , here we boiled 
dumplins and had plenty of water melons ; we 
ftayed all night. 
75^/2, Next day by noon we came to Moho- 
nyoy , where we ftayed dinner, in the afternoon 
we rode over fome ftony poor land, then pi- 
ney, white oak, and fome middling land. 
16th , This morning I was entertained with 
the Mufical howling of a wolf, which I had 
not 
