perhaps ten times more, these waters make
a brake through what is called the Allegenies
and the vale in many places, particularly be-
fore we come to the main stream, is not more
than 8 or 10 pearches Wide and the Mountains
rise on each hand remarkably high & steep
so that our traveling was almost litterally
sneaking under the Hills and Mountains, fed at
Kyle’s

10 miles here we got our dinner, hav-
-ing Bear Meat and Veneson fryed up to
gether, Tea without sugar, with good Wheat
Bread & Butter, in nine Miles from hence
we finally left the Lycoming a beautiful
Stream, we thought about as large as two
of Brandywine, and in six Miles we
Crossed the Loyalsock a lovely stream, per-
-haps nearly as large as two of Lycomon
and got to Samual Wallice’s, weary, where
we were kindly, and Hospitablybelly enter-
-tained, and the Contrast was very great
was very great between our entertain-
ment here and what we have latterly
met with, our Beds ever since we came
from Asa Schoolies in Canada, have been
a small proportion of straw mostly on