3rd- our man came this morning &
begged to be excused alledging that
both himself & his Horse were too weak
-ly so we admitted his excuse &
discharged him. Court began here
to day & it rained so much that
we concluded the waters would be
impassable & meeting with a Man of
the name of thatcher who agreed
to go with us we sent our Horse
by him about 16 miles to his Feed House
He living on our road at the First Crossing of Loramie & to be
ready to advance with us at any
time when we should come forward
seeing but little prospect of getting
forward & our inn much crowded
we went home with Benjamin
Iddings to [delete: on] Still water where we
were kindly entertained

4th Day went with the Family
about one mile to their weekly