prospect of their improvement was more
delightful; they have a large street be-
tween 2 & 3 miles in length, which ascends
up the middle of a vally, one mile or
more in width; on each side of this
street their houses are erected 20 or 30
perches from each other, the land on
this street is mostly clear’d, & fenc’d off
in small lots, which lots were in
with wheat, corn, & grass, for mowing
or for pasture. It is about 9 years since
they settled here in the woods; their
first houses are mostly small & poor,
some of them have latterly put up
pretty good houses, & others are prepar-
ing for it; they have pretty good
gardens near their doors, & considerable
stock of horses, oxen, cows, & swine, with
some sheep, On the east, near enough
to supply them with water, runs the