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than probable that there are trees in the same tract larger than any we saw. Few settlements are yet made here. 19th. Rode seventeen miles, and reached the residence of our friend William Lupton, upon Lee's Creek, one of the head waters of Paint Creek. Our road led us eight times across Paint Creek; passing a great part of the way through the bottoms of Paint Creek. The land the same in appearance as remarked yesterday. In the course of our ride, we saw many hundreds of poplars which were the more observable, as we have scarcely noticed a poplar since we crossed the Ohio. These trees are generally seven to eight feet six inches in diameter, many of them continuing their thickness for fifty feet in height, and very handsome and sound. On the bot-toms we saw deer in abundance; they were so gentle as to allow us to pass by them quite within gun shot. They appeared to be busy in cropping the young grass. We have also observed several mounds and fortifications near the falls to Paint Creek, and others nearly adjacent of which the banks are about three and a half feet high. Upon this Creek there are many beaver dams, and beavers are still caught here by the Indians. For several days past we have seen many hunting camps but no Indians. Several families of Friends have settled in this remote quarter of the Western Territory. They have