my stock of spirits was much exhausted.
About 11 Oclock we had a very heavy
rain, such an one as but seldom hap-
pens, it lasted perhaps an hour, so
that we got very wet. When it abated
we stopped & barked some trees to have
a trough to feed our horses out of, &
taking some refreshment ourselves, we
mounted, having for several miles
past, been riding over fine land, a
little hilly, & loaded with timber
we had some fears about getting
over Catarawgus this morning before
we started, & this heavy rain increasd
them; however we mov’d on, over a
fine country, tho’ a trying road, the
limbs, the brush, & the logs, were ever
in our way; much of the timber
in this day’s ride has been hemlock,
some chesnut, sugar maple, beech,