it is admirable that as many waggons
that pass this should be able to get up
it. I supose we passed by 20 this
day mostly with familyes going to the
new countrys a number of which
were crowded with children 17 people of differ-
ent description belonging to one
waggon. When I viewed the hills
and mountains about this river I
was struck with with admiration
that it ever found its way through
them to the Susquhanna, but I
will asshure my reader that its mean-
ders are various and serpentine for
in 5 or 6 miles after we crossed it
we had said River on each hand
perhaps not more than a half a part.

We took up our quarters at one
Hartleys near the banks of the River
he has a valuable plantation and