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5 miles past grown up with herbage of different kinds very thick, and near thre[e] feet high, we stopped at a house in this Village got our &; Breakfasted on our own provision. The Town and pasture land was enclosed in a lot of perhaps 12 or more acres which look -ed Clean and pretty, having very good pasture in the enclosure, where were several horses, Cows and and swine. their houses looked pretty snug, perhaps 18 or 20 in number; their Corn land was down towards the River, the plant it without any inclosure, keeping their stock in the lot. The house we went into had a large quantity of Corn hanging up in it, considerably more than I saw all the time I was at allegeny, and upon enquiring, we understood they sell many bushels every year to the White People, their Vicinity to lake Erie, makes it easy conveying it down the River there, and then it goes by Water to new settled Countries, we were informed it was as low as 4 or 5 shillings per Bushel, which is low cheap for a new Country, we found in Canada and other placed Corn Rated at a dollar per Bushel -- Most of the principal Men in the Village and others gathered