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12 feet high, having received seed from theneighboring trees, which sprouted and tookroot, have large trees of two or three feetover growing on them, Three or four such trees we have seen growing on one rock, withtheir roots spread down its sides ten or morefeet, untill they enter the ground and havegrown firm therein, so that the sides of therocks were bound with them, like so many large ropes or cables. I think we saw no improvement for 20miles. We arrived at Broken Straw Creek in theevening, where we found plenty of pasture for ourhorses, and a cabin the owner of which kindly let ushave quarters, After partaking of our own provi-sion, we lay on the floor to take rest, but the nightbeing cold and the cabin open, we often had to useand renew our fire. 16th Rode seven miles down the east sideof Broken Straw to the Alleghany river. The bottomson the creek were rich and beautifully coated with aluxurient vegetation. We passed several sugar camps, where the Indians come in the season to make the maple sugarthough more than twenty miles from their village. But having plenty of good canoes they convey withfacility their kettles and implements for makingsugar, down the river and up this creek to thecamps. About noon we arrived at Conewango,