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broken with limestone Ridges, in 10 miles we Crossed Esopus Creek a Smart stream larger than Brandywine fine bottoms up the Creek to the Town which is a smart Village containing a number of good buildings. we pass- -ed through the skirts of the Town, &; in about 4 miles, of stony, Rough, Land we got to greenskill, here we we got our took Breakfast at DeWitts, in a Rocky country. He has a Merchant Mill near by, on the most natural dam and fall I think I ever saw. There is a ridge of Rocks runs across the kill on each side of Which is high firm land. one end of the Mill head which conveys the water on the Wheels, rests on these Rocks, from which to the opposite Shore is but ten feet; the Miller told me that by putting an eighteen Inch board, on the top of about 18 Inches already raised, on the ridge of Rocks, he could pen wa- -ter enough, if it met with no supply,