Surrounded with lofty Mountains, some
pretty good improvements in places made
there appearance, and the Roads consider
-ing the Roughness of the Country not to be
complained of, here we got our Breakfast
12 miles. from thence to Skinners

on the
top of Sidling hill 11 miles, through a rough,
Broken, poor Country, very little inhabited.
Sidling hill a lofty Mountain; 7 miles carried
us over, we made near four miles on its
Summit, which was very high, but our
prospect not extensive by reason of some
mountains which was nearby on each
hand, as we began to descend a noble
view presented, as far as the Eye could
reach, having the Allegeny Mountain in
full view at 20 or more miles distant, the
extensive prospect between, looked like
a delightful plain, Chequered with a few
plantations, but when we came to tra-
-verse it, we found many lofty hills, or
Mountains, particularly about the Juni-
-atta River, one Branch of which we
Crossed, which was some 50 or so yards wide
and more than Belly deep; directly upon