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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journal or Visit to Upper Canada and Parts Adjacent

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with Livelyness and by 3 O Clock arived
at Buffaloe Creek in full view of Lake
Erie 36 Miles.—--- after we Crossed the
Genesee River the first 10 miles, mostly an
open plain, the timber for the next 8 or 10
miles increased, it being pretty much
Oak, Shelbark Hickory, some beech, and
Sugar Maple, the next 20 or more miles
a Very thick Wood mostly Beech, and
Sugar Maple with some Beautiful White
Oaks, and Poplars, from thence to the
Lake is in the general an open Country
for 15 or more miles very little timber
either great or small, the Cuntry is ve-
-ry level the whole 80 miles a few hills
excepted about some waters Creeks, there
being 4 or 5 Creeks in this last 80 m
nearly as large as Brandy wine, the
fording place of some of them was
one entire smothe Rock nearly as
level as an house floor, so that the water
did not vary in depth more than 2 or 3 Inches
for side to side and fell within two yards †
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