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a broad Rock which lay Horizontal of 28 feet, the Mill was erected close to this Rock which formed a level Yard to the upper Road; under sd Rock was a Cavity or hollow place 12 feet high, and nearly as far back, which ran all across the Stream, over which the Water beautifully descended. From thence to the Mononga- -haly a continual succession of high hills and low Vales, the Very little bottom land fit for Meadow, the land is pretty clear of Stones, the soil in general good, and thick settled, yet some of the fields which had been a good while under Culture looked poor; I saw several fields of good Wheat, but more that looked were light. 8th: Went 12 miles this Morning to see my Cousin Benjamin Sharples, he lives on the West Branch of 10 mile Creek near Green Furnace. I crossed the Monongahala at BridgeTownport a Village containing near 50 houses, the place whereon the town stands was four years ago a fine Meadow. the River is a beautiful Stream, flows along with a very gentle Current, is 340 Yards wide and 10 or 12 feet deep, it has very high