SW_JS1798_051

flats on each side of the River appeared much of the same quality, tho none of them appeared were wide; in about 6 miles we came to Cornplanters sawmill, we stop- -ed at his request and viewed it, the Mill is almost new, built on a Small Stream, which when we were there was so low that the Mill could do very little work, and at the time of Year that the Stream is pretty full, the River is often so high that it hurts the mill with its backwater, in about three miles fur- -ther up the River we came to the Old Town, three or more families yet re- -main here, we thought there might be 150 or more acres of a flat that has been mostly cleared and worked with Corn, part of which is grown up with Hazels &;c and part with grass, that in a few wee weeks would do to mow, and some of the richest sorts of it are put in with Corn this Spring; it doth not appear to have ever been fenced, and at certain stretches it is mostly subject to an overflow. it the tract lies on the Northwest side of the River. the flat is about 40 reaches wide, and then