up to the mill by reason of the
fall in the stream.

We thought by raising a dam 4 feet
high the water might be taken out
below the rocks, so as to have 8 or 10 ft
head & fall as far as we have been
able to discover, streams suitable for mills
are very scarce in this river.

2nd

This day for the first time I under
took to wash some shirts, tho’ we are
house keeping & all our goods are come
yet we have neither tub nor pail, nor
any brass kettle, so that our conveni-
ences for washing are few, my shirts
were very dirty, yet I thought for a
young hand they were done pretty
well.

3rd and first of the week

our young men
were all engaged in writing letters
home, so that it fell to my lot to cook