Yet where we went through, was
heavy timbered some of which
were Sugar Maple being the first
we had seen. The land appeared
good & was pretty thick settled.

We arrived at the dutch-
town called Berlin containing up-
wards of 50 houses mostly of Log or
frame where, at the sign of the
black horse, we got good entertainment
36 miles.

6th

We started early this morning with
some hopes of reaching a friends
house this evening which was very
desireable. For 2 or more miles
the land was good and considerable
settled tho’ hilly. Then we entered a
chesnut country the soil thin and in
a while we came among abundance
of Laurel; the road very stony muddy