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prepared of our own ourselves a supper, and went to bed, but the greatest mortification of allwas,the landlady sent two men who weretravellers to the other bed in our room, our men as usual in the waggon, wewere very quiet, &; rose before day 25th4th day Set off at 4 had a very rough road between mountains 4m, came to the reading road at Hioustons tavern, where we wished to have gotten last night, cross'd GreenBoror revals&; pass'd along thro the woods, except asmall cultivated spot where we saw somefine wheat growing for a rarity, cameon the bank of Mahaney &; went up. The ride of it a considerable distancebetween wonderful mountains, cross'dover it, being a very large stream, proceeded and came to the Mahanoy mountain 52m going over. rather different from the others, we ascended all so far with leaving the ridgeon the left hand, &; when on the top madea short turn and went down with theridge on same ride, but this we travelled a considerable distance on the top afence on one side and went down in the form of an X it was amazing tosee the steepness on the north side stoped 11m and fed our horses made somechocolate for breakfast, proceeded on 1/2 past 9