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within two miles of this Town seve--ral Large and elegant Buildings made their appearance, which after passing through more than 100 miles of Wil/--derness where there were but a few stragling Cabbons to be seen, where enlivenings, the town of Bath stands on a low piece of Ground near on the North Side of Conhocton Creek consisting of about 60 dwellings some of which are no discredit to the place, here we fed our Horses 6 miles, the Road from mud Creek runs pretty much under the South side of a Mountain is in places Stony, and other places very Miry the and Land thin at Bath we councilled enquired of with some knowing men which way we had better take for the best to go to Niagara haveing it in prospect to go through Williams--burgh it being out nearest Rout, but they informed us there was only a small Indian path that way and that we had better go by the way of