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miles beyond this village before we could get 
any thiogto satisfj^ our appetites. 
The fall of snow,, which I have mentioned., 
interrupted our progress through the woods 
very considerably the subsequent morning; it 
all disappeared, however, before the next night, 
and in the course of the third day from that on 
w hich we left the banks of the Genesee River 
w e reached the place of our destination. 
LETTER XXXVII. 
Account of Bath.—Of the Neighbourhood 
Singular Method taken to improve it.—Spe¬ 
culators.-—Description of one , in a Letter 
from an American Farmer.—Conhorton 
Creek .-— View of the Navigation from Bath 
downwards—Leave Bath for Newton.— 
Embark in Canoes.—Stranded in the Night 
Seek for Shelter in a neighbouring House. 
=—Difficulty of procuring Provisions. — Re¬ 
sume our Voyage.—Lo chart sburgh.--Descrip¬ 
tion of the eastern Branch of the Susquehannah 
River.—French Town.'—French and Ame¬ 
ricans ill suited to each other .—Wilke sbarre . 
Mountains in the Neighbourhood. —- Coun¬ 
try thinly settled towards Philadelphia. — -De* 
