willing to leave Musquetto Camp: the
road not so good as yesterday, having
a large number of deep swamps, &
about 20 miles of thick wood to pass
thro’, wherein we found no diminution
of the musquettos, but about noon we
arrived at the plains within 8 miles
of the Gnesee river, where our horses
could eat grass, without much molesta-
tion, having left the big flys & the
other tormenting insects chiefly behind
us. We cross’d the river about 4
on the flats of which there was a
great burden of natural grass, &
about the road, timothy & clover, the
seed having drop’d from horses as
they travelled along. I lodg’d at
Pearson’s 4 ½ miles on this side the river,
having left my companion a few miles
behind on special business. 35 miles