22 The morning very fine & some while
Fresh [?] we proceeded being in good spirits
concluded to reach the muskingum
40 miles which he effected about Sun
setting & put up at Taylors Tavern

The lands since we crossed the Ohio
have been generally good mostly very
rich in the neighbourhood of Short
Creek & concord & continued so until
we got to plainfield where they
became inferior in Quality tho good
Farming Land farther on we found
the Bottoms on the Several Branches of
wills Creek to be very extensive & the
upland 'tho Hilly pretty good for some
miles before we reached the muskingum
the Land was level & of an Inferior
quality thus [?]which the roads were
excellent -- Zane Ville on one side &
Springfield on the other of the muskin
-gum show what can be expected in
a few Years by enterprizing people
being both considerable Villages