productive, we arrived at a Dutch
Town called Berlin

, containing upwards
of 50 Houses, Mostly of Logs, and Frame, when
at the sign of the Black House we got good
entertainment. 36 miles

6

We started early this Morning with some hopes
of reaching a friend’s House this evening, which
was very desirably, for 2 or more miles the
Land was good, and considerably Settled, tho
Hilly. thence we entered a Chesnutt Country,
the Soil thin, and in a while we came among
abundance of Laurel, the road very Stony,
Rocky, & Muddy, thence entered a Pine forrest
being the first White Pines of note since we
have met with; here they grew in abun-
-dance, tho not very large, but few settlement
the greatest part of this stage, stoped and got
our Breakfast at John Thusier

s 13 miles.
from thence to Geo: Batchaler’s 14 miles, the
whole of this stage remarkable rough, the first
3 or 4 miles the Land appeared pretty good tho
very hilly, one hill more steep and long than
any we have hitherto met with, was as we went
down to Laurell—hill—Creek, a smart stream
from thence to near this place called Laurell
Hill, the whole of this stage very heavy Timbered
so that the Hill comparatively speaking groan