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Surrounded with lofty Mountains, some pretty good improvements in places made there appearance, and the Roads consider -ing the Roughness of the Country not to be complained of, here we got our Breakfast 12 miles. from thence to Skinners on the top of Sidling hill 11 miles, through a rough, Broken, poor Country, very little inhabited. Sidling hill a lofty Mountain; 7 miles carried us over, we made near four miles on its Summit, which was very high, but our prospect not extensive by reason of some mountains which was nearby on each hand, as we began to descend a noble view presented, as far as the Eye could reach, having the Allegeny Mountain in full view at 20 or more miles distant, the extensive prospect between, looked like a delightful plain, Chequered with a few plantations, but when we came to tra- -verse it, we found many lofty hills, or Mountains, particularly about the Juni- -atta River, one Branch of which we Crossed, which was some 50 or so yards wide and more than Belly deep; directly upon