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view, bearing the same westerly direction, with that upon which we travelled. The appearanceof these hills revived the recollection of theBlue Ridge, and its parallel mountians. Several mounds or burial places were to-day observed by us. 15th. This day we travelled thirty miles and lodged at a small hut called Trimble's. We ferried the beautiful river Muskingum at Zanesville, where it is about 600 feet wide, rode through a tolerable tract of land, till we reached a creek called Jonathan's creek. From this creek to the end of this day's journey, a distance of twenty miles, we rode through land which we think preferable to any tract we have yet passed, being more level, the timber heavier and the soil very rich; many Germans are making settlements here. Several mounds fell under our observa-tion to-day; we also saw many deer; seventeen of these were together in one wheat field. 16th. Rode thirty-two miles, and at night were permitted to lodge under a roof called Gray's. We passed through New Lancaster, a town lately laid out, and situated on the greatHock-hocking river, as it is called upon the maps. Its size greatly disappointed me; an ac-tive man may jump from one of its banks to the other at New Lancaster. This town as well as the neighboring country, is being rapidly settled by Germans. During