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face of the Country pretty level, and much of it under Culture, Rye the prevailing Win- -ter Crop, which was mostly thin, Clover scarce- -ly made its appearance in any of the fields, which for want of better farming were very bare of pasture. fed at the Black horse 14 miles, thence to Shippensburgh 12 miles, part of which was through a flat Pine bottom containing a large number of Ponds of stag- -nated Water, but as we advanced nearer the Town, we passed through high Cham- -pion Land, beautifully Timbered, then Cross- -ed a large, Stream which that sprang up a few Perches to our left, we were informed it mostly which often went dry in the fall, the town was more than half a Mile long, containing, as we were informed 250 houses, a number of which was were good Stone buildings, for 2 or 3 miles after we left the town we passed through a beautiful well improved Limestone Coun- -try, thence through land not so desirable to Strawsburgh, a Village containing per- -haps 40 houses, built of Squared Logs, the which Town stands in a low place, hardly discover