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short of Fort Wayne; we therefore despatched a part of our company to a house we had passed about four miles, in quest of corn. They obtained four bushels, and hired a man and horse to travel with us and bring the corn along. For many days past our horses have suffered for want of hay, and being fed altogether upon corn they have lost their appetites. The face of the country in the course of this day's short journey is a continuation of beautiful land; being level, and finely timbered. We passed through a handsome prairie containing several hundred acres called the Lower Piqua Plain, crossed Honey Creek and Lost Creek, two considerable streams of the Great Miami. Thus far in our route we have been favoredwith respect to the waters, no rain having fallen lately to raise the creeks and rivers to a height sufficient to detain us. In fording some of the streams we have thought that even six inches greater depth would take our horses off their feet. There is considerable danger in fording many of the streams we have passed, from the uneveness of the stony bottoms of the rivers. The beds of the rivers are mostly limestone, and being worn smooth by the washing of the water, horses are apt to fall. This was to-day the case with my horse in fording the Miami, from which accident I got very wet. During our detention here this afternoon, we observed a flock of birds alighting from the trees,