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went in the afternoon up the Northwest side of Lake Erie to Obediah Denniss’s who lay very low, him he and his Wife are members of Kingwood Monthly Meeting with their five Children who are under 15, we had a beautiful ride about four Miles on the Beech up the Side of the Lake, the Sand near the Water is very Hard and Smoothe and is an excallent road, and what to me appeared very curious was the ellevations that were frequent along the side of the Lake, some of them 40 or 50 feet high 10 or more pearch-es broad covered with Timber, and yet we were informed they were perfect sand hills blown out of the Lake, which upon inspection appeared to be realy the case Lodged at Daniel Pounds 10 miles 6th day third a warm smoky Morning and so thick an Air for several days past that the sun scarcely made it appear-ance, went to Asa Schoolies 2 ½ miles, hav--ing visited the families of Friends, and such who profess with us in those parts we set of to see the four families down the