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that the Lake is gradually moving towards the Southeast as most of the trees which stand along its margin has the dirt washed away from their roots for 3, 4, or more feet deep, and so that they are dead &; falling fast; and I thought it was as visible when on the Canada shore opposite, that the Land was gaining there. ---- We got to the Mouth of Buffaloe before sunset, where we put our saddles and Baggage into a boat wich which took us over, and we swam our horses through the River it being perhaps near 100 yards wide and 10 or more feet deep, here we met with a compa- -ny of men who were going to run out Robert Morrises late purchase of the Indians into Townships, John Thomson an Old acquain- -tance from Delaware County being one of the head Surveyors, he kindly invited us to stay all night with them, and directed a Tent to be put up for us, we acknowledged his kindness, and accepted his offer, after feeding our horses we turned them out to bare picking in an open bottom, we were kind -ly entertained, with great symplycity, on Bread, Fish, and Chocolate; we got a pretty good nights rest, which we wanted being weary having traveled 45 miles, no white inhabitant for the last 80 miles