have lately had it, the mud being
increasd by last nights Rain. The Land
here is Good--well Timberd & many setlers
our Course is up the Tioga

--here has been
no Frost of Consequence, nor have we seen
any since crossing the Gennessee River
--after Breakfast pursued our route up
the Tioga about 7 Miles further when its
increasing Murmers & Rapidity reminded us
of a greater Elevation ahead--we accordingly
soon began to ascend the savage Mountain
being calld 10 Miles across & the Worst
Travelling we have had since leaving Lake
Erie--yet even on this Wild & Stony Height
I was not destitute of Enjoyment. The falling
Beech & Sugar Maple Leaves mingling their
sweets with the Mountain Air, after the Noc
turnal shower, emitted a fragrance regaling
to the senses & cheering to the Mind--at the
foot of this Mountain (sometimes calld Briar
Hill) we put in at the Block House, now
kept by S Hisley. We are now said to be
opposite Richard Moores where we lodgd in
our Route up--being about 8 Miles off on a
North Course.

8th

Rose before Day & crossd the Allegany