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tract; deer are very plenty here. It is to be re-marked, that in riding the last fifty miles, we have scarcely seen one of any of the descriptions of the feathered tribes, except owls. Birds love to resort to the haunts of men. Squirrels appear to be very numerous, and are mostly of a deep black color. In the notes made on crossing the Alleghany Mountains, I omitted to observe that the squirrels we saw there were mostly red, and less in size than the grey squirrels of Maryland. They are the most active squirrel I ever saw, and are called by the mountaineers the Chipparee Squirrel. We this day crossed several of the branches ofWill's Creek. This creek we understand derivedits name from Will, a famous Indian, who former-ly had a town upon its banks called Willstown. 14th. Travelled twenty-five miles, crossing in our way the main branch of Will's Creek and a water called Salt Creek; at night reached Zanes-ville, and lodged at M'Intire's tavern. This is a town lately laid out on the Muskingum river, opposite to the junction of Licking creek. Its situation is very level and handsome, and will doubtless command the trade of this new coun-try. As we approached the Muskingum, our roadled us upon a hill of about 200 feet elevation, upon which we rode for a distance of seven miles; both upon our right and left hand, were chains of hills about ten miles from us, in