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several days past have seen vast numbers of pigeons. 17th. Travelled fifteen miles and arrived at the town of Chilicothe, where we were well en-tertained at Tiffin's tavern. The governor of the State of Ohio resides here, who having heard of our arrival, paid us a visit in the even-ing and supped with us. We were pleased with his friendly affability. In the course of this day's short ride, our road led through a continua-tion of the finest lands. It is remarkable that there are uniformly three gradations of elevation, from the banks of the Scioto river. The first is a bottom of about one mile in extent, very level and covered with black walnut, buck eye, blue ash, honey locust, and sugar trees. Then upon another elevation of about fifteen feet, a second bottom, which ex-tends from one to two miles, covered with the same descriptions of timber, though heavier, and the trees standing nearer together. Then an-other elevation about the same height, which ex-tends for many miles, being a little inclined to hills; the timber composed of a great variety. People are settling fast upon this tract, and several mills are already erected upon a creek belonging to the Scioto, which we crossed, called the Killakanik. On our way we turned aside from our road to view an ancient fortification. This fortifica-