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Goose Creek settlement below, for several miles in extent. The precise shape of the cloud, with all its indentations, was visible in the shadow; the indentations bearing the same enlarged pro-portions, with the shadow, to the cloud. An extraordinary deceptibility in human vision is evident, in a view of the Shenandoah river, from the summit of the Blue Ridge. The river, in the estimation of some of our company, did not appear to be further from us than the distance of half a mile and it proved to be not nearer than three or four miles. 26th. Passed across the Shenandoah valley, a body of excellent limestone land. This valley is several hundred miles in length, and general-ly from 20 to 25 miles in width, lying between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountains. Many parts of it retain to this day the name of barrens, though now heavily timbered, being at the time the land was taken up, covered with scrubby bushes. On our way we crossed a small river called the Opekon,-and it being the first day of the week, we attended the Ridge Meeting of Friends, after which we spent the remainder of the day, and lodged at night, at the house of our friend, David Lupton, at the foot of the North Mountain,-having travelled 18 miles. One of our horses faltered this morning, having been too well fed at last night's quarters. 27th. This day travelled 31 miles, and lodged