view, bearing the same westerly direction, with
that upon which we travelled. The appearance
of these hills revived the recollection of the
Blue Ridge, and its parallel mountians. Several
mounds or burial places were to-day observed
by us.

15th.

This day we travelled thirty miles and
lodged at a small hut called Trimble's.

We ferried the beautiful river Muskingum at
Zanesville

, where it is about 600 feet wide, rode
through a tolerable tract of land, till we reached
a creek called Jonathan's creek. From this
creek to the end of this day's journey, a distance
of twenty miles, we rode through land which we
think preferable to any tract we have yet passed,
being more level, the timber heavier and the soil
very rich; many Germans are making settlements
here. Several mounds fell under our observa-
tion to-day; we also saw many deer; seventeen
of these were together in one wheat field.

16th.

Rode thirty-two miles, and at night
were permitted to lodge under a roof called
Gray's. We passed through New Lancaster

, a
town lately laid out, and situated on the great
Hock-hocking river, as it is called upon the
maps. Its size greatly disappointed me; an ac-
tive man may jump from one of its banks to the
other at New Lancaster.

This town as well as the neighboring country,
is being rapidly settled by Germans. During