which were cleard at an Expense of 20 Doll.
for Acres growing up again--here we fed our
Horses with Oats bro. from Sloanes

& let them
regale themselves with Grass which grows here
very fine--in great abundance, without en
closure a little Bread & Cheese servd us
for our Dinner & a Drink from Larrys Creek
diluted our repast--just before getting to
this House we passd thro a Swamp of White
Pine exceeding anything I had ever before
seen. TS told us that Ja. WIlson once
askd him as they were passing it whether
he thought if the Timber was all cut
into Cord Wood it could be Corded on the
Ground at the usual Cord heighth--several
of us thought in some places it would not be
done--some of the Trees I believe were
at least 16 feet in circumference & we sup
posed 75 to 11 feet clear of the Limbs--
this place is calld 17 Miles from Sloanes
when we had finishd eatg we saddled up &
proceeded 13 Miles further to Rich. Moores