a small Creek at some distance on out right
and for 3 for in 3 or 4 miles we passed through an
Old Indian field, thence up and the aforsaid
water through some very good Champion land with a
very luxuriant growth of grass, and Weeds
of various kinds, some swamps and very
thick wood about 4 miles, thence entred
a rough hilly country, heavy timbred, mostly hemlock and I thought thin land for 7 or 8 miles a
large quantity of which was down, so that
what with the hills, the logs, the Brush &
the swampy gutts it required patience and a good
Stock of Spirits; I mentioned to my Companion
sometime after we set of this this morning
that my Mind, was uncommonly easy, cheer-
-ful, and sweet, so that I passed along, in a
lively and well qualifyed state to make tra-
veling pleasant, but before Evening I foun[d]
my stock of spirits was much exhausted. About
11 O Clock we had a very heavy Rain, such an
one as but seldom happens, it lasted perhaps
an hour, so that we got very wet, when it
abated we stopped and barked some trees
to have a trough to feed our horses out
of, and taking some refreshment ourselves
we mounted, having for several miles past
been riding over fine Champion land, a little
hilly and heavily loaded with and timbered, we had some fears about