Where we found ourselves at home & set
down quietly in the course of this afternoons
ride we had the opportunity of seeing a
very large Rattle snake in the road. making
a very great noise with his Rattles David
Grave killed him & measured round his
Body with a string & Calculated that it was
8 Inch in Circumference & 4 Feet in length

6 mo 2nd. Our Horses are much out of order
Davids Mare is much out of order Elisha's
a good deal so my Horses Back is sore &
my Calculation is that a few days more
will Settle the [Harsh] with our Horses --
we left Mordecai Walkers & Rode over
the Little Miami to Abijah Oneales where
Joel Wright resides they both accompanied
us to Jonathan Wrights about 12
Miles. he has a fine tract of Land.
& a saw mill built & expects to Build
a Grist Mill this Summer