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Very flat and wet, the greater body of Timber chiefly Elm, breech, &; Sugar maple 27 miles. 3d 24, in conferrence this Morning it open--ed with greatest clearness to appoint a Meeting to be held next day at Nathan Herringdan’s a Friendly Man about 11 miles from thence, we then went to Nathan Cornstalk’s, 5 miles sat with his family, his Wife a Member; thence to Abraham Lapham’s 2 miles had a refreshing Oppertunity with his family Lodged there, 7 miles 4 day 25 attended the Meeting at Herringdan’s 9 miles tho it was not a time of reigning, yet an instructive Opportunity, Dined with the fami--ly where the meeting was held, Lodged at Jeremiah Smiths over Mud Creek, his Wife a Member he was one of the first settlers in these parts, his Cabin remains Covered with bark, the logs of his house are Chunked but not plastered I we had pretty good Beds, otherwise I thought the Openness of the House was a prepa--ration to our Lying in the woods, which we expect shortly to encounter the Land in these parts mostly flat, a deep rich soil, so that the roads are mostly wet and heavy, the chief body of the Timber is Poplar, some of them the finest I ever saw, Ash, Beech, and Sugar Maple 9 miles