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stony but excellent Wheat Land, to Sanfords 15 miles, where we got Hay, and very indif.-firent Oates in the sheaf, thence along the East side of the Crooked Lake ever a level Country, and for the most part good Land, for miles togather, a deep Rich Soil abounding with Sugar Maple, Shelbark Hickory, Ash, Elm, White Oak &;c: mostly a White Oak Timber the Last 20 Miles, a few White Pine in pplaces, to Thomas Lees a kind friendly Family 16 miles, this has been a hard days, tra--vel for our Horses, and there fare very poor, there was no place to Quarter, short of where we arrived, that we were Obliged to travel hard, this has been a dark Cloudy day tho not much rain 1st day of the week 22nd a rainy Morning &; drisley day, in conference this Morning it was thought best, not to travel till afternoon, and as there was no friends Meeting in these parts, we felt an Opening to sit down with the family in which we were, with such