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grass, for it was a perfect sand bed, ex- -cept some swamps, nearly all the way to Albany, and thinly timbered with Pitch Pine, and as thinly Inhabitted, being but 10 or 12 houses for 15 miles. and each of them a Tavern When Evening came we were hard put to for good Quar- -ters, within 1½ miles of Albany we found at the Wi- -dow Scotts, pretty good pasture, but the House and things in it looked very discouraging, however we fared found it a place of better quarters than we expected. This has been a trying days ride, the Road were was very dusty, and the Wind with us, so that we were much smothered. 45 miles 30 In 1½ Miles we arrived at Albany, the Town stands on the West Side of the North River, under a hill, so that we had but little prospect of it until we we came close by, we did not stop in the Town, riding in at the West side, and out at the South end; Shortly after we left the City we passed by two beautiful country seats on Commanding Eminances to our